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+/*
+ * Copyright 2003-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package com.sun.javadoc;
+
+
+/**
+ * Represents an annotation.
+ * An annotation associates a value with each element of an annotation type.
+ *
+ * @author Scott Seligman
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public interface AnnotationDesc {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
+     *
+     * @return the annotation type of this annotation.
+     */
+    AnnotationTypeDoc annotationType();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns this annotation's elements and their values.
+     * Only those explicitly present in the annotation are
+     * included, not those assuming their default values.
+     * Returns an empty array if there are none.
+     *
+     * @return this annotation's elements and their values.
+     */
+    ElementValuePair[] elementValues();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Represents an association between an annotation type element
+     * and one of its values.
+     *
+     * @author Scott Seligman
+     * @since 1.5
+     */
+    public interface ElementValuePair {
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the annotation type element.
+         *
+         * @return the annotation type element.
+         */
+        AnnotationTypeElementDoc element();
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the value associated with the annotation type element.
+         *
+         * @return the value associated with the annotation type element.
+         */
+        AnnotationValue value();
+    }
+}