org.eclipse.jdt.core
Interface IAnnotatable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IField, ILocalVariable, IMethod, IPackageDeclaration, IType

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssistPackageDeclaration, AssistSourceField, AssistSourceMethod, AssistSourceType, BinaryType, LocalVariable, PackageDeclaration, ResolvedBinaryField, ResolvedBinaryMethod, ResolvedBinaryType, ResolvedSourceField, ResolvedSourceMethod, ResolvedSourceType, SourceField, SourceMethod, SourceType

public interface IAnnotatable

Common protocol for Java elements that can be annotated.

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Since:

3.4

Method Summary

IAnnotation	getAnnotation(java.lang.String name) Returns the annotation with the given name declared on this element.
IAnnotation[]	getAnnotations() Returns the annotations for this element.

Method Detail

getAnnotation

IAnnotation getAnnotation(java.lang.String name)

Returns the annotation with the given name declared on this element. This is a handle-only method. The annotation may or may not exist.

Parameters:

name - the given simple name

Returns:

the annotation with the given name declared on this element

getAnnotations

IAnnotation[] getAnnotations()
                             throws JavaModelException

Returns the annotations for this element. Returns an empty array if this method has no annotations.

Returns:

the annotations of this element, in the order declared in the source, or an empty array if none

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource.

Since:

3.4