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1   /***************************************************************************************
2    * Copyright (c) Jonas Bonér, Alexandre Vasseur. All rights reserved.                 *
3    * http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org                                                    *
4    * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
5    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the LGPL license      *
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  }