01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2007 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.beans.factory.annotation;
18:
19: import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
20: import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
21:
22: /**
23: * Extended {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition}
24: * interface that exposes {@link org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata}
25: * about its bean class - without requiring the class to be loaded yet.
26: *
27: * @author Juergen Hoeller
28: * @since 2.5
29: * @see AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition
30: * @see org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata
31: */
32: public interface AnnotatedBeanDefinition extends BeanDefinition {
33:
34: /**
35: * Obtain the annotation metadata (as well as basic class metadata)
36: * for this bean definition's bean class.
37: * @return the annotation metadata object (never <code>null</code>)
38: */
39: AnnotationMetadata getMetadata();
40:
41: }
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