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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
* Andy Clement - Contributions for
* Bug 383624 - [1.8][compiler] Revive code generation support for type annotations (from Olivier's work)
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;
/**
* Description of a runtime visible type annotations attribute as described in the JVM specifications
* (added in JavaSE-1.8).
*
* This interface may be implemented by clients.
*
* @since 3.10
*/
public interface IRuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotationsAttribute extends IClassFileAttribute {
/**
* Answer back the number of annotations as described in the JVM specifications.
*
* @return the number of annotations
*/
int getExtendedAnnotationsNumber();
/**
* Answer back the extended annotations. Answers an empty collection if none.
*
* @return the extended annotations. Answers an empty collection if none.
*/
IExtendedAnnotation[] getExtendedAnnotations();
}