Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
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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 runtime visible annotations attribute as described in the JVM specifications
(added in J2SE 1.5).
This interface may be implemented by clients.
Since:
3.0/**
 * Description of a runtime visible annotations attribute as described in the JVM specifications
 * (added in J2SE 1.5).
 *
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface IRuntimeVisibleAnnotationsAttribute extends IClassFileAttribute {

	
Answer back the number of annotations as described in the JVM specifications.
Returns:
the number of annotations/**
	 * Answer back the number of annotations as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the number of annotations
	 */
	int getAnnotationsNumber();

	
Answer back the annotations. Answers an empty collection if none.
Returns:
the annotations. Answers an empty collection if none./**
	 * Answer back the annotations. Answers an empty collection if none.
	 *
	 * @return the annotations. Answers an empty collection if none.
	 */
	IAnnotation[] getAnnotations();
}