/* * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package com.sun.javadoc; /** * Represents a value of an annotation type element. * * @author Scott Seligman * @since 1.5 */ public interface AnnotationValue { /** * Returns the value. * The type of the returned object is one of the following: * <ul><li> a wrapper class for a primitive type * <li> <code>String</code> * <li> <code>Type</code> (representing a class literal) * <li> <code>FieldDoc</code> (representing an enum constant) * <li> <code>AnnotationDesc</code> * <li> <code>AnnotationValue[]</code> * </ul> * * @return the value. */ Object value(); /** * Returns a string representation of the value. * * @return the text of a Java language annotation value expression * whose value is the value of this element. */ String toString(); }