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package org.jboss.metadata.spi.retrieval.simple;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import org.jboss.metadata.spi.retrieval.AnnotationItem;

/**
 * SimpleAnnotationItem.
 * 
 * @param <T> the annotation type
 * @author <a href="adrian@jboss.com">Adrian Brock</a>
 * @version $Revision: 69888 $
 */
public class SimpleAnnotationItem<T extends Annotation> extends SimpleMetaDataItem<T> implements AnnotationItem<T>
{
   /**
    * Create a new SimpleAnnotationItem.
    * 
    * @param annotation the annotation
    */
   public SimpleAnnotationItem(T annotation)
   {
      super(annotation.annotationType().getName(),annotation);
   }

   public T getAnnotation()
   {
      return getValue();
   }
   
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public boolean equals(Object object)
   {
      if (object == this)
         return true;
      if (object == null || object instanceof AnnotationItem == false)
         return false;
      
      AnnotationItem other = (AnnotationItem) object;
      return getAnnotation().annotationType().equals(other.getAnnotation().annotationType());
   }
}
