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| |
| package javax.lang.model.element; |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| import javax.lang.model.type.DeclaredType; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents an annotation. An annotation associates a value with |
| * each element of an annotation type. |
| * |
| * <p> Annotations should be compared using the {@code equals} |
| * method. There is no guarantee that any particular annotation will |
| * always be represented by the same object. |
| * |
| * @author Joseph D. Darcy |
| * @author Scott Seligman |
| * @author Peter von der Ahé |
| * @since 1.6 |
| */ |
| public interface AnnotationMirror { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type of this annotation. |
| * |
| * @return the type of this annotation |
| */ |
| DeclaredType getAnnotationType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the values of this annotation's elements. |
| * This is returned in the form of a map that associates elements |
| * with their corresponding values. |
| * Only those elements with values explicitly present in the |
| * annotation are included, not those that are implicitly assuming |
| * their default values. |
| * The order of the map matches the order in which the |
| * values appear in the annotation's source. |
| * |
| * <p>Note that an annotation mirror of a marker annotation type |
| * will by definition have an empty map. |
| * |
| * <p>To fill in default values, use {@link |
| * javax.lang.model.util.Elements#getElementValuesWithDefaults |
| * getElementValuesWithDefaults}. |
| * |
| * @return the values of this annotation's elements, |
| * or an empty map if there are none |
| */ |
| Map<? extends ExecutableElement, ? extends AnnotationValue> getElementValues(); |
| } |