JAnnotatable (Metro Web Services Runtime OSGi Bundle 2.4.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAnnotationArrayMember, JDefinedClass, JEnumConstant, JFieldVar, JMethod, JPackage, JVar
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public interface JAnnotatable
```
Annotatable program elements.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`JAnnotationUse`	`annotate(JClass clazz)`	Adds an annotation to this program element.
`JAnnotationUse`	`annotate(Class<? extends Annotation> clazz)`	Adds an annotation to this program element.
`<W extends JAnnotationWriter> W`	`annotate2(Class<W> clazz)`	Adds an annotation to this program element and returns a type-safe writer to fill in the values of such annotations.
`Collection<JAnnotationUse>`	`annotations()`	Read-only live view of all annotations on this `JAnnotatable`
`boolean`	`removeAnnotation(JAnnotationUse annotation)`	Removes annotation from this program element.

- Method Detail
  - annotate
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JAnnotationUse annotate(JClass clazz)
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    Adds an annotation to this program element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - The annotation class to annotate the program element with
  - annotate
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JAnnotationUse annotate(Class<? extends Annotation> clazz)
```
    Adds an annotation to this program element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - The annotation class to annotate the program element with
  - removeAnnotation
```
boolean removeAnnotation(JAnnotationUse annotation)
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    Removes annotation from this program element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotation - The annotation to be removed from the program element
  - annotate2
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<W extends JAnnotationWriter> W annotate2(Class<W> clazz)
```
    Adds an annotation to this program element and returns a type-safe writer to fill in the values of such annotations.
  - annotations
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Collection<JAnnotationUse> annotations()
```
    Read-only live view of all annotations on this JAnnotatable
    
    Returns:
    
    Can be empty but never null.