/*
* Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
*
* Licensed under the Eclipse Public License version 1.0, available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*/
package org.jboss.forge.roaster.model;
import java.util.List;
import org.jboss.forge.roaster.Internal;
import org.jboss.forge.roaster.Origin;
/**
* Represents a Java element that may carry annotations.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:lincolnbaxter@gmail.com">Lincoln Baxter, III</a>
*/
public interface AnnotationTarget<O extends JavaType<O>> extends Internal, Origin<O>
{
/**
* Returns a {@link List} of {@link Annotation} elements bound to this {@link AnnotationTarget} instance
*/
List<? extends Annotation<O>> getAnnotations();
/**
* Check if annotation bound of the given type in this {@link AnnotationTarget} exists
*
* @param type The {@link java.lang.annotation.Annotation} type
*
*/
boolean hasAnnotation(final Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> type);
/**
* Check if annotation bound of the given type in this {@link AnnotationTarget} exists
*
* @param type The FQN of the annotation
*
*/
boolean hasAnnotation(final String type);
/**
* Returns the annotation bound of the given type in this {@link AnnotationTarget} or null if it doesn't exist
*
* @param type The {@link java.lang.annotation.Annotation} type
*
*/
Annotation<O> getAnnotation(final Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> type);
/**
* Returns the annotation bound of the given type in this {@link AnnotationTarget} or null if it doesn't exist
*
* @param type The FQN of the annotation
*
*/
Annotation<O> getAnnotation(final String type);
}