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* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core;
/**
* Common protocol for Java elements that can be annotated.
*
* @since 3.4
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IAnnotatable {
/**
* Returns the annotation with the given name declared on this element.
* This is a handle-only method. The annotation may or may not exist.
*
* @param name the given simple name
* @return the annotation with the given name declared on this element
*/
IAnnotation getAnnotation(String name);
/**
* Returns the annotations for this element.
* Returns an empty array if this element has no annotations.
*
* @exception JavaModelException if this element does not exist or if an
* exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource.
* @return the annotations of this element,
* in the order declared in the source, or an empty array if none
* @since 3.4
*/
IAnnotation[] getAnnotations() throws JavaModelException;
}