http://www.eclipse.org/jdt: Java Development Tools Core (Eclipse Foundation) 
Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
Contributors:
    IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;


Description of a annotation structure as described in the JVM specifications
(added in J2SE 1.5).
This interface may be implemented by clients.

Since:3.0
/**
 * Description of a annotation structure as described in the JVM specifications
 * (added in J2SE 1.5).
 *
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface IAnnotation {
	
Answer back the type index as described in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the type index
/**
	 * Answer back the type index as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the type index
	 */
	int getTypeIndex();

	
Answer back the type name as described in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the type name
Since:3.1
/**
	 * Answer back the type name as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the type name
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	char[] getTypeName();

	
Answer back the number of components as described in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the type index
/**
	 * Answer back the number of components as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the type index
	 */
	int getComponentsNumber();

	
Answer back the components as described in the JVM specifications. Answer an
empty collection if none.

Returns:the components
/**
	 * Answer back the components as described in the JVM specifications. Answer an
	 * empty collection if none.
	 *
	 * @return the components
	 */
	IAnnotationComponent[] getComponents();
}