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* Copyright (c) 2005 Contributors.
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* under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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*
* Contributors:
* Adrian Colyer Initial implementation
* ******************************************************************/
package io.webfolder.ui4j.internal.aspectj.lang.reflect;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
/**
* The AspectJ runtime representation of a declare annotation member in an aspect.
*
*/
public interface DeclareAnnotation {
public enum Kind { Field, Method, Constructor, Type };
/**
* The aspect that declared this member.
*/
AjType getDeclaringType();
/**
* The target element kind
*/
Kind getKind();
/**
* The target signature pattern. Returns null if getKind() == Type
*/
SignaturePattern getSignaturePattern();
/**
* The target type pattern. Returns null if getKind() != Type
*/
TypePattern getTypePattern();
/**
* The declared annotation. If the declared annotation does not have runtime retention,
* this method returns null.
*/
Annotation getAnnotation();
/**
* Returns the text of the annotation as declared in this member. Available for
* both runtime and class-file retention annotations
*/
String getAnnotationAsText();
}