00001 /* 00002 * Annotation.hpp 00003 * 00004 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 00005 * 00006 * Oracle is a registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its 00007 * affiliates. 00008 * 00009 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Oracle 00010 * Corporation. You shall not disclose such confidential and proprietary 00011 * information and shall use it only in accordance with the terms of the 00012 * license agreement you entered into with Oracle. 00013 * 00014 * This notice may not be removed or altered. 00015 */ 00016 #ifndef COH_ANNOTATION_HPP 00017 #define COH_ANNOTATION_HPP 00018 00019 #include "coherence/lang/compatibility.hpp" 00020 00021 #include "coherence/lang/interface_spec.hpp" 00022 00023 #include <ostream> 00024 00025 COH_OPEN_NAMESPACE2(coherence, lang) 00026 00027 // ----- forward declarations ----------------------------------------------- 00028 00029 class Class; 00030 00031 /** 00032 * Annotation is the common interface extended by all annotation types. 00033 * 00034 * @author mf 2011.03.01 00035 * 00036 * @Since Coherence 3.7.1 00037 */ 00038 class COH_EXPORT Annotation 00039 : public interface_spec<Annotation> 00040 { 00041 // ----- Annotation interface ------------------------------------------- 00042 00043 public: 00044 /** 00045 * Return the annotation type of this annotation. 00046 */ 00047 virtual TypedHandle<const Class> annotationType() const = 0; 00048 }; 00049 00050 COH_CLOSE_NAMESPACE2 00051 00052 #endif // COH_ANNOTATION_HPP