AnnotationValue


1   /*
2    * @(#)AnnotationValue.java 1.3 04/04/08
3    *
4    * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
5    * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL.  Use is subject to license terms.
6    */
7   
8   package com.sun.javadoc;
9   
10  
11  /**
12   * Represents a value of an annotation type element.
13   * 
14   * @author Scott Seligman
15   * @version 1.3 04/04/08
16   * @since 1.5
17   */
18  public interface AnnotationValue {
19  
20      /**
21       * Returns the value.
22       * The type of the returned object is one of the following:
23       * <ul><li> a wrapper class for a primitive type
24       *     <li> <code>String</code>
25       *     <li> <code>Type</code> (representing a class literal)
26       *     <li> <code>FieldDoc</code> (representing an enum constant)
27       *     <li> <code>AnnotationDesc</code>
28       *     <li> <code>AnnotationValue[]</code>
29       * </ul>
30       *
31       * @return the value.
32       */
33      Object   value();
34  
35      /**
36       * Returns a string representation of the value.
37       *
38       * @return the text of a Java language annotation value expression
39       *      whose value is the value of this element.
40       */
41      String   toString();
42  }
43

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