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package com.intellij.psi;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * An extension for JVM languages to aid annotation generation.
 */
public interface PsiAnnotationSupport {

  /**
   * Creates a {@link PsiLiteral} object that represents a string literal in a given language, ready to be inserted as annotation value.
   *
   * @param value literal value
   * @param context context element
   * @return a literal PSI element (e.g., {@link PsiLiteralExpression} for Java language).
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiLiteral createLiteralValue(@NotNull String value, @NotNull PsiElement context);
}
