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  package jdkx.lang.model.element;
  
  import java.util.Map;
  import jdkx.lang.model.type.DeclaredType;
  
  /**
   * Represents an annotation.  An annotation associates a value with
   * each element of an annotation interface.
   *
   * <p> Annotations should be compared using the {@code equals}
   * method.  There is no guarantee that any particular annotation will
   * always be represented by the same object.
   *
   * @author Joseph D. Darcy
   * @author Scott Seligman
   * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
   * @since 1.6
   */
  public interface AnnotationMirror {
  
      /**
       * {@return the type of this annotation}
       */
      DeclaredType getAnnotationType();
  
      /**
       * Returns the values of this annotation's elements.
       * This is returned in the form of a map that associates elements
       * with their corresponding values.
       * Only those elements with values explicitly present in the
       * annotation are included, not those that are implicitly assuming
       * their default values.
       * The order of the map matches the order in which the
       * values appear in the annotation's source.
       *
       * <p>Note that an annotation mirror of a marker annotation type
       * will by definition have an empty map.
       *
       * <p>To fill in default values, use {@link
       * jdkx.lang.model.util.Elements#getElementValuesWithDefaults
       * getElementValuesWithDefaults}.
       *
       * @return the values of this annotation's elements,
       *          or an empty map if there are none
       */
      Map<? extends ExecutableElement, ? extends AnnotationValue> getElementValues();
  }
  