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/* AnnotatedElement.java
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exception statement from your version. */
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package java.lang.reflect;
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import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
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* Represents an element that can be annotated. The methods of this interface
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* provide reflection-based access to the annotations associated with a
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* particular element, such as a class, field, method or package. Each
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* annotation returned by these methods is both immutable and serializable.
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* The returned arrays may be freely modified, without any effect on the
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* arrays returned to future callers.
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* If an annotation refers to a type or enumeration constant that is
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* inaccessible, then a <code>TypeNotPresentException</code> or
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* <code>EnumConstantNotPresentException</code> will be thrown. Likewise,
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* invalid annotations will produce either a
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* <code>AnnotationTypeMismatchException</code> or
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* <code>IncompleteAnnotationException</code>.
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* @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
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* @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
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public interface AnnotatedElement
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* Returns the element's annotation for the specified annotation type,
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* or <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
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* @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for.
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* @return this element's annotation for the specified type, or
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* <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
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* @throws NullPointerException if the annotation class is <code>null</code>.
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/* FIXME[GENERICS]: <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class <T>) */
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Annotation getAnnotation(Class annotationClass);
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* Returns all annotations associated with the element. If there are
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* no annotations associated with the element, then a zero-length array
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* will be returned. The returned array may be modified by the client
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* code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of the
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* element, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for
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* @return this element's annotations.
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Annotation[] getAnnotations();
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* Returns all annotations directly defined by the element. If there are
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* no annotations directly associated with the element, then a zero-length
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* array will be returned. The returned array may be modified by the client
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* code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of this
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* class, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for
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* @return the annotations directly defined by the element.
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Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations();
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* Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is associated
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* with the element. This is primarily a short-hand for using marker
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* @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for.
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* @return true if an annotation exists for the specified type.
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/* FIXME[GENERICS]: Signature is Class<? extends Annotation> */
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boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class annotationClass);