src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/declaration/AnnotationMirror.java

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:35:18 -0700

author
jjg
date
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:35:18 -0700
changeset 113
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parent 1
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child 331
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6574134: Allow for alternative implementation of Name Table with garbage collection of name bytes
Reviewed-by: darcy, mcimadamore

duke@1 1 /*
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duke@1 25
duke@1 26 package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
duke@1 27
duke@1 28 import java.util.Map;
duke@1 29 import com.sun.mirror.type.AnnotationType;
duke@1 30 import com.sun.mirror.util.SourcePosition;
duke@1 31
duke@1 32
duke@1 33 /**
duke@1 34 * Represents an annotation. An annotation associates a value with
duke@1 35 * each element of an annotation type.
duke@1 36 *
duke@1 37 * <p> Annotations should not be compared using reference-equality
duke@1 38 * ("<tt>==</tt>"). There is no guarantee that any particular
duke@1 39 * annotation will always be represented by the same object.
duke@1 40 *
duke@1 41 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
duke@1 42 * @author Scott Seligman
duke@1 43 * @since 1.5
duke@1 44 */
duke@1 45
duke@1 46 public interface AnnotationMirror {
duke@1 47
duke@1 48 /**
duke@1 49 * Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
duke@1 50 *
duke@1 51 * @return the annotation type of this annotation
duke@1 52 */
duke@1 53 AnnotationType getAnnotationType();
duke@1 54
duke@1 55 /**
duke@1 56 * Returns the source position of the beginning of this annotation.
duke@1 57 * Returns null if the position is unknown or not applicable.
duke@1 58 *
duke@1 59 * <p>This source position is intended for use in providing diagnostics,
duke@1 60 * and indicates only approximately where an annotation begins.
duke@1 61 *
duke@1 62 * @return the source position of the beginning of this annotation or
duke@1 63 * null if the position is unknown or not applicable
duke@1 64 */
duke@1 65 SourcePosition getPosition();
duke@1 66
duke@1 67 /**
duke@1 68 * Returns this annotation's elements and their values.
duke@1 69 * This is returned in the form of a map that associates elements
duke@1 70 * with their corresponding values.
duke@1 71 * Only those elements and values explicitly present in the
duke@1 72 * annotation are included, not those that are implicitly assuming
duke@1 73 * their default values.
duke@1 74 * The order of the map matches the order in which the
duke@1 75 * elements appear in the annotation's source.
duke@1 76 *
duke@1 77 * @return this annotation's elements and their values,
duke@1 78 * or an empty map if there are none
duke@1 79 */
duke@1 80 Map<AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration, AnnotationValue> getElementValues();
duke@1 81 }

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