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package com.intellij.psi;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Represents a method which is declared on an annotation interface and
 * possibly specifies the default value of the annotation element.
 *
 * @author ven
 */
public interface PsiAnnotationMethod extends PsiMethod {
  /**
   * The empty array of PSI annotation methods which can be reused to avoid unnecessary allocations.
   */
  PsiAnnotationMethod[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new PsiAnnotationMethod[0];

  /**
   * Returns the default value of the annotation element defined by the method.
   *
   * @return the default value of the element, or null if no default value is specified.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiAnnotationMemberValue getDefaultValue();
}