| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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. Oracle designates this |
| * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
| * by Oracle 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA |
| * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any |
| * questions. |
| */ |
| |
| package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.annotation; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; |
| |
| /** |
| * Implemented by objects that can have annotations. |
| * |
| * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi |
| */ |
| public interface AnnotationSource { |
| /** |
| * Gets the value of the specified annotation from the given property. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * When this method is used for a property that consists of a getter and setter, |
| * it returns the annotation on either of those methods. If both methods have |
| * the same annotation, it is an error. |
| * |
| * @return |
| * null if the annotation is not present. |
| */ |
| <A extends Annotation> A readAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns true if the property has the specified annotation. |
| * <p> |
| * Short for <code>readAnnotation(annotationType)!=null</code>, |
| * but this method is typically faster. |
| */ |
| boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType); |
| } |