org.codehaus.groovy.groovydoc

## Interface GroovyAnnotationRef

All Known Implementing Classes:
  SimpleGroovyAnnotationRef

    public interface GroovyAnnotationRef

### Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
`java.lang.String` `description()` The string representation of the annotation reference.
`java.lang.String` `name()` Name of the annotation being referenced.
`GroovyClassDoc` `type()` The annotation being referenced.

### Method Detail

#### type

    GroovyClassDoc type()

The annotation being referenced.

Returns:
  the annotation being referenced

#### name

    java.lang.String name()

Name of the annotation being referenced. Once resolved, equates to `type().typeName()`.

Returns:
  the name of the annotation reference

#### description

    java.lang.String description()

The string representation of the annotation reference. Initially implemented as a temporary hack stored from the source. To be replaced with strong-typed finer grained information.

Returns:
  the text representation of the annotation ref