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| package java.lang.annotation; |
| |
| /** |
| * The common interface extended by all annotation types. Note that an |
| * interface that manually extends this one does <i>not</i> define |
| * an annotation type. Also note that this interface does not itself |
| * define an annotation type. |
| * |
| * More information about annotation types can be found in section 9.6 of |
| * <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>. |
| * |
| * The {@link java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement} interface discusses |
| * compatibility concerns when evolving an annotation type from being |
| * non-repeatable to being repeatable. |
| * |
| * @author Josh Bloch |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| public interface Annotation { |
| /** |
| * Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation |
| * that is logically equivalent to this one. In other words, |
| * returns true if the specified object is an instance of the same |
| * annotation type as this instance, all of whose members are equal |
| * to the corresponding member of this annotation, as defined below: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>Two corresponding primitive typed members whose values are |
| * <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt> are considered equal if <tt>x == y</tt>, |
| * unless their type is <tt>float</tt> or <tt>double</tt>. |
| * |
| * <li>Two corresponding <tt>float</tt> members whose values |
| * are <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt> are considered equal if |
| * <tt>Float.valueOf(x).equals(Float.valueOf(y))</tt>. |
| * (Unlike the <tt>==</tt> operator, NaN is considered equal |
| * to itself, and <tt>0.0f</tt> unequal to <tt>-0.0f</tt>.) |
| * |
| * <li>Two corresponding <tt>double</tt> members whose values |
| * are <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt> are considered equal if |
| * <tt>Double.valueOf(x).equals(Double.valueOf(y))</tt>. |
| * (Unlike the <tt>==</tt> operator, NaN is considered equal |
| * to itself, and <tt>0.0</tt> unequal to <tt>-0.0</tt>.) |
| * |
| * <li>Two corresponding <tt>String</tt>, <tt>Class</tt>, enum, or |
| * annotation typed members whose values are <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt> |
| * are considered equal if <tt>x.equals(y)</tt>. (Note that this |
| * definition is recursive for annotation typed members.) |
| * |
| * <li>Two corresponding array typed members <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt> |
| * are considered equal if <tt>Arrays.equals(x, y)</tt>, for the |
| * appropriate overloading of {@link java.util.Arrays#equals}. |
| * </ul> |
| * |
| * @return true if the specified object represents an annotation |
| * that is logically equivalent to this one, otherwise false |
| */ |
| boolean equals(Object obj); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the hash code of this annotation, as defined below: |
| * |
| * <p>The hash code of an annotation is the sum of the hash codes |
| * of its members (including those with default values), as defined |
| * below: |
| * |
| * The hash code of an annotation member is (127 times the hash code |
| * of the member-name as computed by {@link String#hashCode()}) XOR |
| * the hash code of the member-value, as defined below: |
| * |
| * <p>The hash code of a member-value depends on its type: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>The hash code of a primitive value <tt><i>v</i></tt> is equal to |
| * <tt><i>WrapperType</i>.valueOf(<i>v</i>).hashCode()</tt>, where |
| * <tt><i>WrapperType</i></tt> is the wrapper type corresponding |
| * to the primitive type of <tt><i>v</i></tt> ({@link Byte}, |
| * {@link Character}, {@link Double}, {@link Float}, {@link Integer}, |
| * {@link Long}, {@link Short}, or {@link Boolean}). |
| * |
| * <li>The hash code of a string, enum, class, or annotation member-value |
| I <tt><i>v</i></tt> is computed as by calling |
| * <tt><i>v</i>.hashCode()</tt>. (In the case of annotation |
| * member values, this is a recursive definition.) |
| * |
| * <li>The hash code of an array member-value is computed by calling |
| * the appropriate overloading of |
| * {@link java.util.Arrays#hashCode(long[]) Arrays.hashCode} |
| * on the value. (There is one overloading for each primitive |
| * type, and one for object reference types.) |
| * </ul> |
| * |
| * @return the hash code of this annotation |
| */ |
| int hashCode(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a string representation of this annotation. The details |
| * of the representation are implementation-dependent, but the following |
| * may be regarded as typical: |
| * <pre> |
| * @com.acme.util.Name(first=Alfred, middle=E., last=Neuman) |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * @return a string representation of this annotation |
| */ |
| String toString(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the annotation type of this annotation. |
| * @return the annotation type of this annotation |
| */ |
| Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType(); |
| } |