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package com.sun.javadoc;
/**
* Represents a value of an annotation type element.
*
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface AnnotationValue {
/**
* Returns the value.
* The type of the returned object is one of the following:
* <ul><li> a wrapper class for a primitive type
* <li> <code>String</code>
* <li> <code>Type</code> (representing a class literal)
* <li> <code>FieldDoc</code> (representing an enum constant)
* <li> <code>AnnotationDesc</code>
* <li> <code>AnnotationValue[]</code>
* </ul>
*
* @return the value.
*/
Object value();
/**
* Returns a string representation of the value.
*
* @return the text of a Java language annotation value expression
* whose value is the value of this element.
*/
String toString();
}