GroovyAnnotationRef (Groovy 2.5.21)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleGroovyAnnotationRef
```
public interface GroovyAnnotationRef
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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