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package com.sun.codemodel.internal;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Annotatable program elements.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
public interface JAnnotatable {
    /**
     * Adds an annotation to this program element.
     * @param clazz
     *          The annotation class to annotate the program element with
     */
    JAnnotationUse annotate(JClass clazz);

    /**
     * Adds an annotation to this program element.
     *
     * @param clazz
     *          The annotation class to annotate the program element with
     */
    JAnnotationUse annotate(Class <? extends Annotation> clazz);

    /**
     * Adds an annotation to this program element
     * and returns a type-safe writer to fill in the values of such annotations.
     */
    <W extends JAnnotationWriter> W annotate2(Class clazz);

    /**
     * Read-only live view of all annotations on this {@link JAnnotatable}
     *
     * @return
     *      Can be empty but never null.
     */
    Collection<JAnnotationUse> annotations();
}