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01:        /*
02:         * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors.
03:         * 
04:         * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05:         * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06:         * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07:         * 
08:         *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09:         * 
10:         * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11:         * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12:         * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13:         * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14:         * limitations under the License.
15:         */
16:
17:        package org.springframework.metadata;
18:
19:        import java.lang.reflect.Field;
20:        import java.lang.reflect.Method;
21:        import java.util.Collection;
22:
23:        /**
24:         * Interface for accessing attributes at runtime. This is a facade,
25:         * which can accommodate any attributes API such as Jakarta Commons Attributes,
26:         * or (possibly in future) a Spring attributes implementation.
27:         *
28:         * <p>The purpose of using this interface is to decouple Spring code from any
29:         * specific attributes implementation. Even once JSR-175 is available, there
30:         * is still value in such a facade interface, as it allows for hierarchical
31:         * attribute sources: for example, an XML file or properties file might override
32:         * some attributes defined in source-level metadata with JSR-175 or another framework.
33:         *
34:         * @author Mark Pollack
35:         * @author Rod Johnson
36:         * @since 30.09.2003
37:         * @see org.springframework.metadata.commons.CommonsAttributes
38:         */
39:        public interface Attributes {
40:
41:            /**
42:             * Return the class attributes of the target class.
43:             * @param targetClass the class that contains attribute information
44:             * @return a collection of attributes, possibly an empty collection, never <code>null</code>
45:             */
46:            Collection getAttributes(Class targetClass);
47:
48:            /**
49:             * Return the class attributes of the target class of a given type.
50:             * <p>The class attributes are filtered by providing a <code>Class</code>
51:             * reference to indicate the type to filter on. This is useful if you know
52:             * the type of the attribute you are looking for and don't want to sort
53:             * through the unfiltered Collection yourself.
54:             * @param targetClass the class that contains attribute information
55:             * @param filter specify that only this type of class should be returned
56:             * @return return only the Collection of attributes that are of the filter type
57:             */
58:            Collection getAttributes(Class targetClass, Class filter);
59:
60:            /**
61:             * Return the method attributes of the target method.
62:             * @param targetMethod the method that contains attribute information
63:             * @return a Collection of attributes, possibly an empty Collection, never <code>null</code>
64:             */
65:            Collection getAttributes(Method targetMethod);
66:
67:            /**
68:             * Return the method attributes of the target method of a given type.
69:             * <p>The method attributes are filtered by providing a <code>Class</code>
70:             * reference to indicate the type to filter on. This is useful if you know
71:             * the type of the attribute you are looking for and don't want to sort
72:             * through the unfiltered Collection yourself.
73:             * @param targetMethod the method that contains attribute information
74:             * @param filter specify that only this type of class should be returned
75:             * @return a Collection of attributes, possibly an empty Collection, never <code>null</code>
76:             */
77:            Collection getAttributes(Method targetMethod, Class filter);
78:
79:            /**
80:             * Return the field attributes of the target field.
81:             * @param targetField the field that contains attribute information
82:             * @return a Collection of attribute, possibly an empty Collection, never <code>null</code>
83:             */
84:            Collection getAttributes(Field targetField);
85:
86:            /**
87:             * Return the field attributes of the target method of a given type.
88:             * <p>The field attributes are filtered by providing a <code>Class</code>
89:             * reference to indicate the type to filter on. This is useful if you know
90:             * the type of the attribute you are looking for and don't want to sort
91:             * through the unfiltered Collection yourself.
92:             * @param targetField the field that contains attribute information
93:             * @param filter specify that only this type of class should be returned
94:             * @return a Collection of attributes, possibly an empty Collection, never <code>null</code>
95:             */
96:            Collection getAttributes(Field targetField, Class filter);
97:
98:        }
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