Package org.eclipse.jdt.core

Interface IAnnotatable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IField, ILocalVariable, IMethod, IModuleDescription, IPackageDeclaration, IType

public interface IAnnotatable

Common protocol for Java elements that can be annotated.

Since:

3.4

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IAnnotation	getAnnotation(String name)	Returns the annotation with the given name declared on this element.
IAnnotation[]	getAnnotations()	Returns the annotations for this element.

Method Details

getAnnotation

IAnnotation getAnnotation(String name)

Returns the annotation with the given name declared on this element. This is a handle-only method. The annotation may or may not exist.

Parameters:

name - the given simple name

Returns:

the annotation with the given name declared on this element

getAnnotations

IAnnotation[] getAnnotations()
                      throws JavaModelException

Returns the annotations for this element. Returns an empty array if this element has no annotations.

Returns:

the annotations of this element, in the order declared in the source, or an empty array if none

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource.

Since:

3.4