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/**
* An annotation processor, used to examine and process the
* annotations of program elements. An annotation processor may,
* for example, create new source files and XML documents to be used
* in conjunction with the original code.
*
* <p> An annotation processor is constructed by a
* {@linkplain AnnotationProcessorFactory factory}, which provides it with an
* {@linkplain AnnotationProcessorEnvironment environment} that
* encapsulates the state it needs.
* Messages regarding warnings and errors encountered during processing
* should be directed to the environment's {@link Messager},
* and new files may be created using the environment's {@link Filer}.
*
* <p> Each annotation processor is created to process annotations
* of a particular annotation type or set of annotation types.
* It may use its environment to find the program elements with
* annotations of those types. It may freely examine any other program
* elements in the course of its processing.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.annotation.processing.Processor}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface AnnotationProcessor {
/**
* Process all program elements supported by this annotation processor.
*/
void process();
}