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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.java b/libjava/classpath/java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.java deleted file mode 100644 index 0179a0f..0000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,115 +0,0 @@ -/* AnnotatedElement.java - Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -This file is part of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. - -GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the -Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA -02110-1301 USA. - -Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is -making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and -conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole -combination. - -As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you -permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an -executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent -modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under -terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked -independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that -module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from -or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend -this exception to your version of the library, but you are not -obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this -exception statement from your version. */ - - -package java.lang.reflect; - -import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; - -/** - * <p> - * Represents an element that can be annotated. The methods of this interface - * provide reflection-based access to the annotations associated with a - * particular element, such as a class, field, method or package. Each - * annotation returned by these methods is both immutable and serializable. - * The returned arrays may be freely modified, without any effect on the - * arrays returned to future callers. - * </p> - * <p> - * If an annotation refers to a type or enumeration constant that is - * inaccessible, then a <code>TypeNotPresentException</code> or - * <code>EnumConstantNotPresentException</code> will be thrown. Likewise, - * invalid annotations will produce either a - * <code>AnnotationTypeMismatchException</code> or - * <code>IncompleteAnnotationException</code>. - * </p> - * - * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com) - * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org) - * @since 1.5 - */ -public interface AnnotatedElement -{ - - /** - * Returns the element's annotation for the specified annotation type, - * or <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists. - * - * @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for. - * @return this element's annotation for the specified type, or - * <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists. - * @throws NullPointerException if the annotation class is <code>null</code>. - */ - <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass); - - /** - * Returns all annotations associated with the element. If there are - * no annotations associated with the element, then a zero-length array - * will be returned. The returned array may be modified by the client - * code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of the - * element, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for - * future callers. - * - * @return this element's annotations. - */ - Annotation[] getAnnotations(); - - /** - * Returns all annotations directly defined by the element. If there are - * no annotations directly associated with the element, then a zero-length - * array will be returned. The returned array may be modified by the client - * code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of this - * class, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for - * future callers. - * - * @return the annotations directly defined by the element. - * @since 1.5 - */ - Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations(); - - /** - * Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is associated - * with the element. This is primarily a short-hand for using marker - * annotations. - * - * @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for. - * @return true if an annotation exists for the specified type. - * @since 1.5 - */ - boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass); - -} |