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package org.apache.felix.scrplugin.tags.annotation;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.felix.scrplugin.tags.JavaField;
import org.apache.felix.scrplugin.tags.JavaTag;

import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.Annotation;

/**
 * Interface for provider classes, that map java annotations to {@link JavaTag}
 * implementations.
 */
public interface AnnotationTagProvider {

    /**
     * Maps a annotation to one or many {@link JavaTag} implementations.
     * @param pAnnotation Java annotation
     * @param description Annotations-based java class description
     * @param field Reference to field (set on field-level annotations, null on
     *            other annotations)
     * @return List of tag implementations. Return empty list if this provider
     *         cannot map the annotation to any tag instance.
     */
    List<JavaTag> getTags(Annotation pAnnotation, AnnotationJavaClassDescription description, JavaField field);
}