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/*
* Copyright (c) 1997, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
*/
package com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
/**
* Implemented by objects that can have annotations.
*
* @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
*/
public interface AnnotationSource {
/**
* Gets the value of the specified annotation from the given property.
*
*
* When this method is used for a property that consists of a getter and setter,
* it returns the annotation on either of those methods. If both methods have
* the same annotation, it is an error.
*
* @return
* null if the annotation is not present.
*/
A readAnnotation(Class annotationType);
/**
* Returns true if the property has the specified annotation.
*
* Short for readAnnotation(annotationType)!=null,
* but this method is typically faster.
*/
boolean hasAnnotation(Class annotationType);
}