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25 
26 package com.sun.javadoc;
27 
28 
29 import com.google.doclava.annotation.Unused;
30 import com.google.doclava.annotation.Used;
31 
32 /**
33  * Represents an annotation.
34  * An annotation associates a value with each element of an annotation type.
35  *
36  * @author Scott Seligman
37  * @since 1.5
38  */
39 public interface AnnotationDesc {
40 
41     /**
42      * Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
43      *
44      * @return the annotation type of this annotation.
45      */
46     @Used
annotationType()47     AnnotationTypeDoc annotationType();
48 
49     /**
50      * Returns this annotation's elements and their values.
51      * Only those explicitly present in the annotation are
52      * included, not those assuming their default values.
53      * Returns an empty array if there are none.
54      *
55      * @return this annotation's elements and their values.
56      */
57     @Used
elementValues()58     ElementValuePair[] elementValues();
59 
60     /**
61      * Check for the synthesized bit on the annotation.
62      *
63      * @return true if the annotation is synthesized.
64      */
65     @Unused
isSynthesized()66     boolean isSynthesized();
67 
68     /**
69      * Represents an association between an annotation type element
70      * and one of its values.
71      *
72      * @author Scott Seligman
73      * @since 1.5
74      */
75     interface ElementValuePair {
76 
77         /**
78          * Returns the annotation type element.
79          *
80          * @return the annotation type element.
81          */
82         @Used
element()83         AnnotationTypeElementDoc element();
84 
85         /**
86          * Returns the value associated with the annotation type element.
87          *
88          * @return the value associated with the annotation type element.
89          */
90         @Used
value()91         AnnotationValue value();
92     }
93 }
94