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package javax.annotation.processing;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;

An annotation used to indicate what annotation types an annotation processor supports. The Processor.getSupportedAnnotationTypes method can construct its result from the value of this annotation, as done by AbstractProcessor.getSupportedAnnotationTypes. Only strings conforming to the
grammar should be used as values. 
Author:
Joseph D. Darcy, Scott Seligman, Peter von der Ahé
Since:
1.6/**
 * An annotation used to indicate what annotation types an annotation
 * processor supports.  The {@link
 * Processor#getSupportedAnnotationTypes} method can construct its
 * result from the value of this annotation, as done by {@link
 * AbstractProcessor#getSupportedAnnotationTypes}.  Only {@linkplain
 * Processor#getSupportedAnnotationTypes strings conforming to the
 * grammar} should be used as values.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @author Peter von der Ahé
 * @since 1.6
 */
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface SupportedAnnotationTypes {
    
Returns the names of the supported annotation types.
Returns:
the names of the supported annotation types/**
     * Returns the names of the supported annotation types.
     * @return the names of the supported annotation types
     */
    String [] value();
}