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/* AnnotationValueVisitor.java -- A visitor of annotation values.
   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
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package javax.lang.model.element;

import java.util.List;

import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;

/**
 * <p>A visitor for annotation values.  Unlike other visitors, such
 * as {@link ElementVisitor} and {@link javax.lang.model.type.TypeVisitor},
 * which work on a concrete type hierarchy, this visitor dispatches based
 * on the type of data stored in the annotation, some of which don't have
 * distinct subclasses for storing them (e.g. primitives like {@code boolean}
 * and {@code int}.</p>
 * <p> The visitor is used when the specific  type is not known at compile
 * time.  A visitor instance is passed to the
 * {@link AnnotationValue#accept(AnnotationValueVisitor,P)} method of
 * the type, which then calls the specific {@code visitN} method
 * appropriate to that specific type.</p>
 * <p>The additional parameter supplied to visitor methods may or
 * may not be optional, and so the class is free to throw a
 * {@code NullPointerException} if {@code null} is passed as the
 * additional parameter.</p>
 * <p>As this interface may be extended to accomodate future language
 * versions, implementators are encouraged to extend one of the
 * appropriate abstract classes rather than implementating this
 * interface.  However, this interface should be used as the type
 * for parameters and return values.</p>
 *
 * @param <R> the return type of the visitor's methods.  {@code Void}
 *            can be used where there is no return value.
 * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter supplied to the visitor's
 *            methods.
 *
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P>
{

  /**
   * A convenience method for use when there is no additional
   * parameter to pass.  This is equivalent to {@code #visit(value, null)}.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @return the return value specific to the visitor.
   */
  R visit(AnnotationValue value);

  /**
   * Visits a value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visit(AnnotationValue value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits an annotation value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitAnnotation(AnnotationMirror value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits an array value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitArray(List<? extends AnnotationValue> value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a boolean value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitBoolean(boolean value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a byte value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitByte(byte value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a character value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitChar(char value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a double value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitDouble(double value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits an enum value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitEnumConstant(VariableElement value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a float value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitFloat(float value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits an int value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitInt(int value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a long value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitLong(long value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a short value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitShort(short value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a {@code String} value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitString(String value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits a type value.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   */
  R visitType(TypeMirror value, P param);

  /**
   * Visits an unknown type of value.  This method is called if
   * a new type is added to the hierarchy which isn't yet
   * handled by the visitor.
   *
   * @param value the value to visit.
   * @param param the additional parameter, specific to the visitor.
   *        May be {@code null} if permitted by the visitor.
   * @return the return value specific to the visitor.
   * @throws UnknownAnnotationValueException if the implementation
   *                                         chooses to.
   */
  R visitUnknown(AnnotationValue value, P param);

}