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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
import com.sun.mirror.util.SourcePosition;
/**
* Represents a value of an annotation type element.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationValue}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface AnnotationValue {
/**
* Returns the value.
* The result has one of the following types:
* <ul><li> a wrapper class (such as {@link Integer}) for a primitive type
* <li> {@code String}
* <li> {@code TypeMirror}
* <li> {@code EnumConstantDeclaration}
* <li> {@code AnnotationMirror}
* <li> {@code Collection<AnnotationValue>}
* (representing the elements, in order, if the value is an array)
* </ul>
*
* @return the value
*/
Object getValue();
/**
* Returns the source position of the beginning of this annotation value.
* Returns null if the position is unknown or not applicable.
*
* <p>This source position is intended for use in providing diagnostics,
* and indicates only approximately where an annotation value begins.
*
* @return the source position of the beginning of this annotation value or
* null if the position is unknown or not applicable
*/
SourcePosition getPosition();
/**
* Returns a string representation of this value.
* This is returned in a form suitable for representing this value
* in the source code of an annotation.
*
* @return a string representation of this value
*/
String toString();
}