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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package signature.model;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * {@code IAnnotation} models an <em>instance</em> of an annotation which is
+ * attached to a program element. The definition of an annotation type is
+ * modeled as an {@link IClassDefinition} with the {@link Kind#ANNOTATION}.
+ */
+public interface IAnnotation {
+    /**
+     * Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
+     * 
+     * @return the annotation type of this annotation
+     */
+    IClassReference getType();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the elements declared in this annotation. The values which are
+     * not declared are not contained in this list. Each element consists of its
+     * name and its value.
+     * 
+     * @return elements declared in this annotation
+     */
+    Set<IAnnotationElement> getElements();
+}