v2/src/binding/org/apache/xmlbeans/impl/binding/joust/Annotation.java

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package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.binding.joust;

/**
 * Interface for building up metadata declarations in the generated source.
 * Typically, an instance of this class will be written out as javadoc tags
 * or JSR175 annotations.  However, not that this interface is indifferent
 * about that question - JavaOutputStream implementation decides how to
 * actually write out an Annotation.
 *
 * @author Patrick Calahan <pcal@bea.com>
 */
public interface Annotation {

  public void setValue(String name, Annotation ann);

  public void setValue(String name, boolean value);

  public void setValue(String name, String value);

  public void setValue(String name, int value);

  public void setValue(String name, long value);

  public void setValue(String name, char value);



}