1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util; 12 13 /** 14 * Description of an annotation component as described in the JVM specifications 15 * (added in J2SE 1.5). 16 * 17 * This interface may be implemented by clients. 18 * 19 * @since 3.0 20 */ 21 public interface IAnnotationComponent { 22 /** 23 * Answer back the component name index as described in the JVM specifications. 24 * 25 * @return the component name index 26 */ 27 int getComponentNameIndex(); 28 29 /** 30 * Answer back the component name as described in the JVM specifications. 31 * 32 * @return the component name 33 */ 34 char[] getComponentName(); 35 36 /** 37 * Answer back the component value as described in the JVM specifications. 38 * 39 * @return the component value 40 */ 41 IAnnotationComponentValue getComponentValue(); 42 } 43