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+/* AnnotationValue.java -- Represents an annotation value.
+   Copyright (C) 2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
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+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package javax.lang.model.element;
+
+/**
+ * <p>Represents the value of an element in an annotation.  This
+ * may be one of the following types:</p>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>a wrapper class for a primitive type (e.g. {@code Integer} 
+ * for {@code int}.</li>
+ * <li>{@code String}</li>
+ * <li>{@code TypeMirror}</li>
+ * <li>{@code VariableElement} (an enum constant)</li>
+ * <li>{@code AnnotationMirror}</li>
+ * <li>{@code List<? extends AnnotationValue>} (an array,
+ * with elements in the order they were declared)</li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+public interface AnnotationValue
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Applies a visitor to this type.
+   *
+   * @param <R> the return type of the visitor's methods.
+   * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter used in the visitor's
+   *            methods.
+   * @param visitor the visitor to apply to the element.
+   * @param param the additional parameter to be sent to the visitor.
+   * @return the return value from the visitor.
+   */
+  <R,P> R accept(AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P> visitor, P param);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value.
+   *
+   * @return the value.
+   */
+  Object getValue();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a textual representation of the value.
+   *
+   * @return a textual representation.
+   */
+  String toString();
+
+}