com.sun.mirror.declaration
Interface AnnotationValue

public interface AnnotationValue

Represents a value of an annotation type element.

Since:

1.5

Method Summary

SourcePosition	getPosition() Returns the source position of the beginning of this annotation value.
Object	getValue() Returns the value.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this value.

Method Detail

getValue

Object getValue()

Returns the value. The result has one of the following types:

• a wrapper class (such as Integer) for a primitive type
• String
• TypeMirror
• EnumConstantDeclaration
• AnnotationMirror
• Collection<AnnotationValue> (representing the elements, in order, if the value is an array)

Returns:

the value

getPosition

SourcePosition getPosition()

Returns the source position of the beginning of this annotation value. Returns null if the position is unknown or not applicable.

This source position is intended for use in providing diagnostics, and indicates only approximately where an annotation value begins.

Returns:

the source position of the beginning of this annotation value or null if the position is unknown or not applicable

toString

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this value. This is returned in a form suitable for representing this value in the source code of an annotation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this value