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-  package scala
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-  package reflect
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    scala
-  package api

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  The Scala Reflection API (located in scala-reflect.jar).

  In Scala 2.10.0, the Scala Reflection API and its implementation have an "experimental" status. This means that the API and the docs are not complete and can be changed in binary- and source-incompatible manner in 2.10.1. This also means that the implementation has some known issues.

  The following types are the backbone of the Scala Reflection API, and serve as a good starting point for information about Scala Reflection:

  - scala.reflect.api.Symbols
  - scala.reflect.api.Types
  - scala.reflect.api.Mirrors
  - scala.reflect.api.Universe

  For more information about Scala Reflection, see the Reflection Guide

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    reflect
-  trait Annotations extends AnyRef

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  This trait provides annotation support for the reflection API.

  In Scala, annotations belong to one of the two categories:

  - Java annotations: annotations on definitions produced by the Java compiler, i.e., subtypes of java.lang.annotation.Annotation attached to program definitions. When read by Scala reflection, the scala.annotation.ClassfileAnnotation trait is automatically added as a superclass to every Java annotation type.
  - Scala annotations: annotations on definitions or types produced by the Scala compiler.

  When a Scala annotation that inherits from scala.annotation.StaticAnnotation or scala.annotation.ClassfileAnnotation is compiled, it is stored as special attributes in the corresponding classfile, and not as a Java annotation. Note that subclassing just scala.annotation.Annotation is not enough to have the corresponding metadata persisted for runtime reflection.

  Both Java and Scala annotations are represented as typed trees carrying constructor invocations corresponding to the annotation. For instance, the annotation in `@ann(1, 2) class C` is represented as `q"@new ann(1, 2)"`.

  Unlike Java reflection, Scala reflection does not support evaluation of constructor invocations stored in annotations into underlying objects. For instance it's impossible to go from `@ann(1, 2) class C` to `ann(1, 2)`, so one has to analyze trees representing annotation arguments to manually extract corresponding values. Towards that end, arguments of an annotation can be obtained via `annotation.tree.children.tail`.

  For more information about `Annotation`s, see the Reflection Guide: Annotations, Names, Scopes, and More

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- Annotation
- AnnotationApi
- AnnotationExtractor
- ArrayArgument
- ArrayArgumentApi
- ArrayArgumentExtractor
- JavaArgument
- JavaArgumentApi
- LiteralArgument
- LiteralArgumentApi
- LiteralArgumentExtractor
- NestedArgument
- NestedArgumentApi
- NestedArgumentExtractor

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scala.reflect.api.Annotations

# NestedArgument 

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Companion class NestedArgumentExtractor

#### abstract type NestedArgument >: Null <: Universe.NestedArgumentApi with Universe.JavaArgument

A nested annotation argument to a Java annotation as `@Nested` in `@Outer(@Nested)`.

Annotations
  @deprecated
Deprecated

  (Since version 2.11.0) use `Annotation.tree` to inspect annotation arguments

Source
  Annotations.scala

Linear Supertypes
Universe.<refinement>, Universe.JavaArgumentApi, Universe.NestedArgumentApi, AnyRef, Any
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### Abstract Value Members

1.  abstract def annotation: Universe.Annotation

   The underlying nested annotation.

   The underlying nested annotation.

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     NestedArgumentApi
   Annotations
     @deprecated
   Deprecated

     (Since version 2.11.0) use `Annotation.tree` to inspect annotation arguments

### Concrete Value Members

1.  final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean
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2.  final def ##(): Int
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3.  final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean
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4.  final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0
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5.  def clone(): AnyRef
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     @throws( ... ) @native()
6.  final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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7.  def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean
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8.  def finalize(): Unit
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     @throws( classOf[java.lang.Throwable] )
9.  final def getClass(): Class[_]
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     @native()
10.  def hashCode(): Int
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      @native()
11.  final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean
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12.  final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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13.  final def notify(): Unit
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      @native()
14.  final def notifyAll(): Unit
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      @native()
15.  final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0
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16.  def toString(): String
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17.  final def wait(): Unit
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      @throws( ... )
18.  final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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      @throws( ... )
19.  final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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      @throws( ... ) @native()

### Inherited from Universe.<refinement>

### Inherited from Universe.JavaArgumentApi

### Inherited from Universe.NestedArgumentApi

### Inherited from AnyRef

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