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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc; |
| |
| /** |
| * Introduced for Tapestry 5.3, contains new methods to provide access to annotations on the class, |
| * and on methods of the class. In rare cases, the same annotation type will appear on the service interface |
| * and on the class (or method implementation in the class); the implementation annotation always |
| * has precedence over the interface annotation. |
| * |
| * @since 5.3 |
| */ |
| public interface AnnotationAccess |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns a provider for annotations on the service class and interface. This will reflect annotations defined by |
| * the implementation class itself, plus annotations defined by the service interface (implementation class |
| * annotations take precedence). |
| * @return an AnnotationProvider instance. |
| */ |
| AnnotationProvider getClassAnnotationProvider(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a provider for annotations of a method of the class. This includes annotations on |
| * the implementation method, plus annotations on the corresponding service interface method |
| * (if such a method exists), with precedence on the implementation class method annotations. |
| * @param methodName the name of the method. |
| * @param parameterTypes the types of the parameters of the method. |
| * @return an AnnotationProvider instance. * |
| */ |
| AnnotationProvider getMethodAnnotationProvider(String methodName, Class... parameterTypes); |
| |
| } |