/*
* Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.
*
* Licensed under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
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*
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package com.google.dart.engine.element;
/**
* The interface {@code ElementAnnotation} defines the behavior of objects representing a single
* annotation associated with an element.
*
* @coverage dart.engine.element
*/
public interface ElementAnnotation {
/**
* Return the element representing the field, variable, or const constructor being used as an
* annotation.
*
* @return the field, variable, or constructor being used as an annotation
*/
public Element getElement();
/**
* Return {@code true} if this annotation marks the associated element as being deprecated.
*
* @return {@code true} if this annotation marks the associated element as being deprecated
*/
public boolean isDeprecated();
/**
* Return {@code true} if this annotation marks the associated method as being expected to
* override an inherited method.
*
* @return {@code true} if this annotation marks the associated method as overriding another
* method
*/
public boolean isOverride();
/**
* Return {@code true} if this annotation marks the associated class as implementing a proxy
* object.
*
* @return {@code true} if this annotation marks the associated class as implementing a proxy
* object
*/
public boolean isProxy();
}