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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package sun.reflect.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TypeAnnotation {
+    private TypeAnnotationTargetInfo targetInfo;
+    private LocationInfo loc;
+    private Annotation annotation;
+    private AnnotatedElement baseDeclaration;
+
+    public TypeAnnotationTargetInfo getTargetInfo() {
+        return targetInfo;
+    }
+    public void setTargetInfo(TypeAnnotationTargetInfo targetInfo) {
+        this.targetInfo = targetInfo;
+    }
+    public Annotation getAnnotation() {
+        return annotation;
+    }
+    public void setAnnotation(Annotation annotation) {
+        this.annotation = annotation;
+    }
+    public AnnotatedElement getBaseDeclaration() {
+        return baseDeclaration;
+    }
+    public void setBaseDeclaration(AnnotatedElement a) {
+        this.baseDeclaration = a;
+    }
+    public LocationInfo getLocationInfo() {
+        return loc;
+    }
+    public void setLocationInfo(LocationInfo a) {
+        this.loc = a;
+    }
+
+    public static List<TypeAnnotation> filter(TypeAnnotation[] typeAnnotations,
+                                          TypeAnnotationTarget predicate) {
+        List<TypeAnnotation> typeAnnos = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (TypeAnnotation t : typeAnnotations)
+            if (t.getTargetInfo().getTarget() == predicate)
+                typeAnnos.add(t);
+        return typeAnnos;
+    }
+
+    public static enum TypeAnnotationTarget {
+        CLASS_TYPE_PARAMETER,
+        METHOD_TYPE_PARAMETER,
+        CLASS_EXTENDS,
+        CLASS_IMPLEMENTS,
+        CLASS_PARAMETER_BOUND,
+        METHOD_PARAMETER_BOUND,
+        METHOD_RETURN_TYPE,
+        METHOD_RECEIVER_TYPE,
+        FIELD_TYPE,
+        THROWS;
+    }
+    public static class TypeAnnotationTargetInfo {
+        private TypeAnnotationTarget target;
+        private int count = -2; // -2 is not a valid index
+        private int secondIndex = -1;
+
+        public TypeAnnotationTargetInfo(TypeAnnotationTarget target) {
+            this.target = target;
+        }
+
+        public TypeAnnotationTarget getTarget() {
+            return target;
+        }
+        public void setTarget(TypeAnnotationTarget target) {
+            this.target = target;
+        }
+        public int getCount() {
+            return count;
+        }
+        public void setCount(int count) {
+            this.count = count;
+        }
+        public int getSecondIndex() {
+            return secondIndex;
+        }
+        public void setSecondIndex(int i) {
+            this.secondIndex = i;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "" + target + ": " + count + ", " + secondIndex;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class LocationInfo {
+        private final int depth;
+        private final Location[] locations;
+        private LocationInfo() {
+            this(0, new Location[0]);
+        }
+        private LocationInfo(int depth, Location[] locations) {
+            this.depth = depth;
+            this.locations = locations;
+        }
+        public static final LocationInfo BASE_LOCATION = new LocationInfo();
+
+        public static LocationInfo parseLocationInfo(ByteBuffer buf) {
+            int depth = buf.get();
+            if (depth == 0)
+                return BASE_LOCATION;
+            Location[] locations = new Location[depth];
+            for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
+                byte tag = buf.get();
+                byte index = buf.get();
+                if (!(tag == 0 || tag == 1 | tag == 2 || tag == 3))
+                    throw new AnnotationFormatError("Bad Location encoding in Type Annotation");
+                if (tag != 3 && index != 0)
+                    throw new AnnotationFormatError("Bad Location encoding in Type Annotation");
+                locations[i] = new Location();
+                locations[i].tag = tag;
+                locations[i].index = index;
+            }
+            return new LocationInfo(depth, locations);
+        }
+
+        public LocationInfo pushArray() {
+            return pushLocation((byte)0, (byte)0);
+        }
+
+        public LocationInfo pushInner() {
+            return pushLocation((byte)1, (byte)0);
+        }
+
+        public LocationInfo pushWildcard() {
+            return pushLocation((byte) 2, (byte) 0);
+        }
+
+        public LocationInfo pushTypeArg(byte index) {
+            return pushLocation((byte) 3, index);
+        }
+
+        public LocationInfo pushLocation(byte tag, byte index) {
+            int newDepth = this.depth + 1;
+            Location[] res = new Location[newDepth];
+            System.arraycopy(this.locations, 0, res, 0, depth);
+            res[newDepth - 1] = new Location(tag, index);
+            return new LocationInfo(newDepth, res);
+        }
+
+        public TypeAnnotation[] filter(TypeAnnotation[] ta) {
+            List<TypeAnnotation> l = new ArrayList<>(ta.length);
+            for (TypeAnnotation t : ta) {
+                if (isSameLocationInfo(t.getLocationInfo()))
+                    l.add(t);
+            }
+            return l.toArray(new TypeAnnotation[0]);
+        }
+
+        boolean isSameLocationInfo(LocationInfo other) {
+            if (depth != other.depth)
+                return false;
+            for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++)
+                if (!locations[i].isSameLocation(other.locations[i]))
+                    return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public static class Location {
+            public byte tag;
+            public byte index;
+
+            boolean isSameLocation(Location other) {
+                return tag == other.tag && index == other.index;
+            }
+
+            public Location(byte tag, byte index) {
+                this.tag = tag;
+                this.index = index;
+            }
+            public Location() {
+                this((byte)0,(byte)0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return annotation.toString() + " with Targetnfo: " +
+            targetInfo.toString() + " on base declaration: " +
+            baseDeclaration.toString();
+    }
+}