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package com.sun.source.tree;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.Set;

import javax.lang.model.element.Modifier;

/**

 * A tree node for the modifiers, including annotations, for a declaration.

 *

 * For example:

 * <pre>

 *   <em>flags</em>

 *

 *   <em>flags</em> <em>annotations</em>

 * </pre>

 *

 * @jls sections 8.1.1, 8.3.1, 8.4.3, 8.5.1, 8.8.3, 9.1.1, and 9.7

 *

 * @author Peter von der Ahé

 * @author Jonathan Gibbons

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface ModifiersTree extends Tree {

    /**

     * Returns the flags in this modifiers tree.

     * @return the flags

     */

    Set<Modifier> getFlags();

    /**

     * Returns the annotations in this modifiers tree.

     * @return the annotations

     */

    List<? extends AnnotationTree> getAnnotations();

}