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2 * Copyright (c) Jonas Bonér, Alexandre Vasseur. All rights reserved. *
3 * http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org *
4 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
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6 * a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
7 **************************************************************************************/
8 package org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.annotation;
9
10 /***
11 * Marker interface for all annotation proxy implementations.
12 *
13 * @author <a href="mailto:jboner@codehaus.org">Jonas Bonér </a>
14 */
15 public interface Annotation {
16 /***
17 * Returns the name.
18 *
19 * @return the name
20 */
21 public String getName();
22
23 /***
24 * Sets the name of the annotation, the '@[name]'.
25 *
26 * @param name
27 */
28 void setName(String name);
29
30 /***
31 * Sets the full value of the annotation (including possible named parameters etc.).
32 *
33 * @param value
34 */
35 void initialize(String name, String value);
36
37 /***
38 * Checks if the annotation is typed or not.
39 *
40 * @return boolean
41 */
42 boolean isTyped();
43 }