http://www.eclipse.org/jdt: Java Development Tools Core (Eclipse Foundation) 
Copyright (c) 2000, 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) 2000, 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 an annotation component as described in the JVM specifications
(added in J2SE 1.5).
This interface may be implemented by clients.

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

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

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

Returns:the component name
/**
	 * Answer back the component name as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the component name
	 */
	char[] getComponentName();

	
Answer back the component value as described in the JVM specifications.

Returns:the component value
/**
	 * Answer back the component value as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the component value
	 */
	IAnnotationComponentValue getComponentValue();
}