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  25 
  26 package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
  27 
  28 
  29 import java.util.Collection;
  30 
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * Represents the declaration of an annotation type.
  34  *
  35  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  36  * @author Scott Seligman
  37  * @since 1.5
  38  */
  39 
  40 public interface AnnotationTypeDeclaration extends InterfaceDeclaration {
  41 
  42     /**
  43      * Returns the annotation type elements of this annotation type.
  44      * These are the methods that are directly declared in the type's
  45      * declaration.
  46      *
  47      * @return the annotation type elements of this annotation type,
  48      * or an empty collection if there are none
  49      */
  50     Collection<AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration> getMethods();
  51 }