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+/* VariableElement.java -- Represents a field, enum constant, parameter or variable.
+   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.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+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
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+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;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a field, enumeration constant, local variable or
+ * a method, constructor or exception parameter.
+ *
+ * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+public interface VariableElement
+  extends Element
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the constant value of the field if it has one
+   * or {@code null} otherwise.  To have a constant value,
+   * a field must be declared {@code final} and be of either
+   * a primitive type or of type {@code String}.  Enumeration
+   * constants do not meet this criteria and are not compile-time
+   * constants.
+   *
+   * @return the constant value of this variable if applicable.
+   */
+  Object getConstantValue();
+
+}