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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2007, 2010 Oracle. All rights reserved.
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
* and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
*
* Contributors:
* Oracle - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.jaxb.core.resource.java;
/**
* Interface for dealing with annotations that can be "nested" within other
* annotations, typically within arrays.
*
* Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
* under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
* stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
* pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
* will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
*
* @version 2.0
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface NestableAnnotation
extends Annotation
{
// currently using this when the NestableAnnotation is moved from
// stand-alone to nested or from nested to stand-alone;
// not the greatest, since you have to make sure to call all setter methods
void initializeFrom(NestableAnnotation oldAnnotation);
/**
* Move the annotation to the specified index within its container annotation.
* This should only be called when the annotation is actually nested.
*/
void moveAnnotation(int index);
}
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