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package com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit;

import java.io.*;

import com.sun.javadoc.*;

/**

 * The interface for writing annotation type output.

 *

 * This code is not part of an API.

 * It is implementation that is subject to change.

 * Do not use it as an API.

 *

 * @author Jamie Ho

 * @since 1.5

 */

public interface AnnotationTypeWriter {

    /**

     * Write the header of the page.

     * @param header the header to write.

     */

    public void writeHeader(String header);

    /**

     * Write the signature of the current annotation type.

     *

     * @param modifiers the modifiers for the signature.

     */

    public void writeAnnotationTypeSignature(String modifiers);

    /**

     * Build the annotation type description.

     */

    public void writeAnnotationTypeDescription();

    /**

     * Write the tag information for the current annotation type.

     */

    public void writeAnnotationTypeTagInfo();

    /**

     * If this annotation type is deprecated, write the appropriate information.

     */

    public void writeAnnotationTypeDeprecationInfo();

    /**

     * Write the footer of the page.

     */

    public void writeFooter();

    /**

     * Close the writer.

     */

    public void close() throws IOException;

    /**

     * Return the {@link AnnotationTypeDoc} being documented.

     *

     * @return the AnnotationTypeDoc being documented.

     */

    public AnnotationTypeDoc getAnnotationTypeDoc();

    /**

     * Perform any operations that are necessary when the member summary

     * finished building.

     */

    public void completeMemberSummaryBuild();

}