diff -r d8f6b85f7497 java.source/apichanges.xml
--- a/java.source/apichanges.xml	Wed Feb 24 15:36:37 2010 +0100
+++ b/java.source/apichanges.xml	Wed Feb 24 17:23:33 2010 +0100
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@
     <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
     <changes>
+        <change id="SourceUtils.getAttributeValueCompletions">
+             <api name="general"/>
+             <summary>Added SourceUtils.getAttributeValueCompletions method.</summary>
+             <version major="0" minor="56"/>
+             <date day="24" month="2" year="2010"/>
+             <author login="dbalek"/>
+             <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" deletion="no" deprecation="no" modification="no" semantic="compatible" source="compatible"/>
+             <description>
+                 Added <code>SourceUtils.getAttributeValueCompletions</code> method, which
+                 returns a list of completions for an annotation attribute value suggested by
+                 annotation processors.
+             </description>
+             <class package="org.netbeans.api.java.source" name="SourceUtils"/>
+             <issue number="111292"/>
+        </change>
         <change id="GeneratorUtilities.copyComments">
              <api name="general"/>
              <summary>Added GeneratorUtilities.copyComments method.</summary>
diff -r d8f6b85f7497 java.source/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/java.source/nbproject/project.properties	Wed Feb 24 15:36:37 2010 +0100
+++ b/java.source/nbproject/project.properties	Wed Feb 24 17:23:33 2010 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 javadoc.title=Java Source
 javadoc.arch=${basedir}/arch.xml
 javadoc.apichanges=${basedir}/apichanges.xml
-spec.version.base=0.55.0
+spec.version.base=0.56.0
 test.qa-functional.cp.extra=${refactoring.java.dir}/modules/ext/javac-api-nb-7.0-b07.jar
 test.unit.run.cp.extra=${o.n.core.dir}/core/core.jar:\
     ${o.n.core.dir}/lib/boot.jar:\
diff -r d8f6b85f7497 java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/SourceUtils.java
--- a/java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/SourceUtils.java	Wed Feb 24 15:36:37 2010 +0100
+++ b/java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/SourceUtils.java	Wed Feb 24 17:23:33 2010 +0100
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
 
+import javax.annotation.processing.Completion;
+import javax.annotation.processing.Processor;
 import javax.lang.model.element.*;
 import javax.lang.model.element.VariableElement;
 import javax.lang.model.type.ArrayType;
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.api.lexer.TokenHierarchy;
 import org.netbeans.api.lexer.TokenSequence;
 import org.netbeans.modules.java.JavaDataLoader;
+import org.netbeans.modules.java.source.indexing.APTUtils;
 import org.netbeans.modules.java.source.indexing.JavaCustomIndexer;
 import org.netbeans.modules.java.source.indexing.JavaIndex;
 import org.netbeans.modules.java.source.parsing.ClasspathInfoProvider;
@@ -167,7 +170,54 @@
         Type.TypeVar bound = ((Type.WildcardType)wildcardType).bound;
         return bound != null ? bound.bound : null;
     }
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of completions for an annotation attribute value suggested by
+     * annotation processors.
+     * 
+     * @param info the CompilationInfo used to resolve annotation processors
+     * @param element the element being annotated
+     * @param annotation the (perhaps partial) annotation being applied to the element
+     * @param member the annotation member to return possible completions for
+     * @param userText source code text to be completed
+     * @return suggested completions to the annotation member
+     * 
+     * @since 0.56
+     */
+    public static List<? extends Completion> getAttributeValueCompletions(CompilationInfo info, Element element, AnnotationMirror annotation, ExecutableElement member, String userText) {
+        List<Completion> completions = new LinkedList<Completion>();
+        if (info.getPhase().compareTo(Phase.ELEMENTS_RESOLVED) >= 0) {
+            String fqn = ((TypeElement) annotation.getAnnotationType().asElement()).getQualifiedName().toString();
+            Iterable<? extends Processor> processors = info.impl.getJavacTask().getProcessors();
+            if (processors != null) {
+                for (Processor processor : processors) {
+                    boolean match = false;
+                    for (String sat : processor.getSupportedAnnotationTypes()) {
+                        if ("*".equals(sat)) { //NOI18N
+                            match = true;
+                            break;
+                        } else if (sat.endsWith(".*")) { //NOI18N
+                            sat = sat.substring(0, sat.length() - 1);
+                            if (fqn.startsWith(sat)) {
+                                match = true;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        } else if (fqn.equals(sat)) {
+                            match = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (match) {
+                        for (Completion c : processor.getCompletions(element, annotation, member, userText)) {
+                            completions.add(c);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return completions;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the type element within which this member or constructor
      * is declared. Does not accept packages