IBinaryElementValuePair.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.env;

/**
 * This represents the class file information about a member value pair of an annotation.
 */
public interface IBinaryElementValuePair {

	/** @return the name of the member */
	char[] getName();

	/**
	 * Return {@link ClassSignature} for a Class {@link java.lang.Class}. Return
	 * {@link org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.impl.Constant} for compile-time constant of
	 * primitive type, as well as String literals. Return {@link EnumConstantSignature} if value is
	 * an enum constant. Return {@link IBinaryAnnotation} for annotation type. Return {@link Object}
	 * [] for array type.
	 * 
	 * @return the value of this member value pair
	 */
	Object getValue();
}