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******************************************************************************/
package org.jboss.tools.common.java;
import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IType;
/**
* Common interface for an annotation interface.
*
* @author Viacheslav Kabanovich
*
*/
public interface IAnnotationType {
/**
* Returns the corresponding IType of the annotation type.
*
* @return the corresponding IType
*/
IType getSourceType();
/**
* Returns all the available annotations which are declared for this
* interface.
*
* @return all the available annotations which are declared for this
* interface
*/
List<IAnnotationDeclaration> getAnnotationDeclarations();
/**
* Returns the annotations with given type name.
*
* @param typeName
* @return the annotations with given type name
*/
IAnnotationDeclaration getAnnotationDeclaration(String typeName);
}