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* Contributors:
* [email protected] - initial API and implementation
* IBM Corporation - changed interface to extend IBinding
* IBM Corporation - renamed from IResolvedAnnotation to IAnnotationBinding
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package org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom;
/**
* Represents an resolved annotation. Resolved annotation are computed along with other
* bindings; they correspond to {@link Annotation} nodes.
*
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*
*
* @since 3.2
*/
public interface IAnnotationBinding extends IBinding {
/**
* Returns the complete list of member value pairs for this annotation, including
* ones explicitly listed in the annotation as well as entries for
* annotation type members with default values that are implied.
*
* @return a possibly empty list of resolved member value pairs
*/
IMemberValuePairBinding[] getAllMemberValuePairs();
/**
* Returns the type of the annotation. The resulting type binding will always
* return true
to ITypeBinding.isAnnotation()
.
*
* @return the type of the annotation
*/
ITypeBinding getAnnotationType();
/**
* Returns the list of declared member value pairs for this annotation.
* Returns an empty list for a {@link MarkerAnnotation}, a one element
* list for a {@link SingleMemberAnnotation}, and one entry for each
* of the explicitly listed values in a {@link NormalAnnotation}.
*
* Note that the list only includes entries for annotation type members that are
* explicitly mentioned in the annotation. The list does not include any
* annotation type members with default values that are merely implied.
* Use {@link #getAllMemberValuePairs()} to get those as well.
*
*
* @return a possibly empty list of resolved member value pairs
*/
IMemberValuePairBinding[] getDeclaredMemberValuePairs();
/**
* Returns the name of the annotation type.
*
* @return the name of the annotation type
*/
public String getName();
}