package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

Interface that defines interface for accessing contents of a
collection of annotations. This is needed when introspecting
annotation-based features from different kinds of things, not
just objects that Java Reflection interface exposes.
 Standard mutable implementation is AnnotationMap /**
 * Interface that defines interface for accessing contents of a
 * collection of annotations. This is needed when introspecting
 * annotation-based features from different kinds of things, not
 * just objects that Java Reflection interface exposes.
 *<p>
 * Standard mutable implementation is {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotationMap}
 */
public interface Annotations
{
    
Main access method used to find value for given annotation.
/**
     * Main access method used to find value for given annotation.
     */
    public <A extends Annotation> A get(Class<A> cls);

    
Since:
2.9/**
     * @since 2.9
     */
    public boolean has(Class<?> cls);

    
Since:
2.9/**
     * @since 2.9
     */
    public boolean hasOneOf(Class<? extends Annotation>[] annoClasses);

    
Returns number of annotation entries in this collection.
/**
     * Returns number of annotation entries in this collection.
     */
    public int size();
}