tapestry-ioc/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/ioc/internal/NullAnnotationProvider.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.AnnotationProvider;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * A null implementation of {@link AnnotationProvider}, used when there is not appropriate source of annotations.
 */
public class NullAnnotationProvider implements AnnotationProvider
{
    /**
     * Always returns null.
     */
    public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
    {
        return null;
    }

}