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 *
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;

/**
 * Description of an annotation component as described in the JVM specifications
 * (added in J2SE 1.5).
 *
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface IAnnotationComponent {
	/**
	 * Answer back the component name index as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the component name index
	 */
	int getComponentNameIndex();

	/**
	 * Answer back the component name as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the component name
	 */
	char[] getComponentName();

	/**
	 * Answer back the component value as described in the JVM specifications.
	 *
	 * @return the component value
	 */
	IAnnotationComponentValue getComponentValue();
}
