AnnotationType (Eclipse JDT API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

DeclaredType, InterfaceType, ReferenceType, TypeMirror
```
public interface AnnotationType
extends InterfaceType
```
Represents an annotation type.

Since:

1.5

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  AnnotationTypeDeclaration getDeclaration()
  Returns the declaration of this type.
  - Methods inherited from interface com.sun.mirror.type.DeclaredType
    getActualTypeArguments, getContainingType, getSuperinterfaces
  - Methods inherited from interface com.sun.mirror.type.TypeMirror
    accept, equals, toString

- Method Detail
  - getDeclaration
```
AnnotationTypeDeclaration getDeclaration()
```
    Returns the declaration of this type.
    Returns null if this type's declaration is unknown. This may be the result of a processing error, such as a missing class file.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDeclaration in interface DeclaredType
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDeclaration in interface InterfaceType
    
    Returns:
    
    the declaration of this type, or null if unknown