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package com.redhat.ceylon.compiler.java.metadata;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/** 
 * Annotates an annotation constructor method
 * (i.e. adjacent to {@link Method @Method}) 
 * or the default parameter value method of an annotation constructor method 
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface AnnotationInstantiation {
    /** 
     * The Java class of the annotation class or annotation constructor
     * that the annotation constructor invokes
     */
    java.lang.Class primary();
    
    /** 
     * A permutation of the annotation constructor parameters which produces the 
     * argument list for the instantiation of the annotation class.
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * -32768   int, char, boolean, float or String literal
-32767 - -1   When used as an element of 
     *  {@code @AnnotationInstantiationTree}, this points to another element of the 
     *  tree, which is the invocation whose result is this argument.
0-255    the corresponding parameter
256-511  the corresponding parameter spread
     */
    short[] arguments() default {};
}

-32768	int, char, boolean, float or String literal
-32767 - -1	When used as an element of * {@code @AnnotationInstantiationTree}, this points to another element of the * tree, which is the invocation whose result is this argument.
0-255	the corresponding parameter
256-511	the corresponding parameter spread