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017package org.apache.juneau.annotation;
018
019import java.lang.annotation.*;
020
021import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
022
023/**
024 * Builder for {@link AnnotationImpl} objects.
025 *
026 * <h5 class='section'>See Also:</h5><ul>
027 * </ul>
028 *
029 * @param <B> The actual builder class.
030 */
031public class AnnotationBuilder<B extends AnnotationBuilder<B>> {
032
033   Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
034   String[] description = {};
035
036   /**
037    * Constructor.
038    *
039    * @param annotationType The annotation type of the annotation implementation class.
040    */
041   public AnnotationBuilder(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
042      this.annotationType = annotationType;
043   }
044
045   /**
046    * Returns this instance typed as {@code B}.
047    *
048    * @return this instance typed as {@code B}.
049    * @since 9.2.0
050    */
051    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
052    protected B asThis() {
053        return (B) this;
054    }
055   /**
056     * Sets the {@link AnnotationImpl#description()} property on the target annotation.
057     *
058     * @param value The new value for this property.
059     * @return This object.
060     * @since 9.2.0
061     */
062    public B description(final String...value) {
063        this.description = value;
064        return asThis();
065    }
066}