Annotation.java

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package eu.cloudwave.wp5.common.model;

import java.util.Map;

public interface Annotation {
  /**
   * An annotation can have multiple members of a type {@link Object} identified by a key of type {@link String}
   * 
   * @return all members of this annotation
   */
  public Map<String, Object> getMembers();

  /**
   * Name of the annotation
   * 
   * @return the name
   */
  public String getName();

  /**
   * An annotation can have multiple members of a type {@link Object} identified by a key of type {@link String}.
   * 
   * @param key
   * @return member associated with the given key
   */
  public Object getMember(String key);
}