CtAnnotationType.java

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package spoon.reflect.declaration;

import spoon.reflect.reference.CtTypeReference;
import spoon.support.DerivedProperty;
import spoon.support.UnsettableProperty;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * This element defines an annotation type.
 */
public interface CtAnnotationType<T extends Annotation> extends CtType<T> {

	/**
	 * Gets the methods of this annotation type which are necessarily {@link CtAnnotationMethod}.
	 */
	@DerivedProperty
	Set<CtAnnotationMethod<?>> getAnnotationMethods();

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * The method passed as parameter must be a {@link CtAnnotationMethod}.
	 */
	@Override
	<M, C extends CtType<T>> C addMethod(CtMethod<M> method);

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * The methods passed as parameter must be typed by {@link CtAnnotationMethod}.
	 */
	@Override
	<C extends CtType<T>> C setMethods(Set<CtMethod<?>> methods);

	@Override
	CtAnnotationType<T> clone();

	@Override
	@UnsettableProperty
	<T extends CtFormalTypeDeclarer> T setFormalCtTypeParameters(List<CtTypeParameter> formalTypeParameters);

	@Override
	@UnsettableProperty
	<C extends CtType<T>> C setSuperInterfaces(Set<CtTypeReference<?>> interfaces);

	@Override
	@UnsettableProperty
	<C extends CtType<T>> C setSuperclass(CtTypeReference<?> superClass);

}