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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();

    /**

     * Check for the synthesized bit on the annotation.

     *

     * @return true if the annotation is synthesized.

     */

    boolean isSynthesized();

    /**

     * 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();

    }

}