Compiler.java

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 * Copyright (c) Jonas Bon�r, Alexandre Vasseur. All rights reserved.                 *
 * http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org                                                    *
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package org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.transform;

/**
 * Generic interface for the code generation compilers used in the AspectWerkz weaver.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jboner@codehaus.org">Jonas Bon�r </a>
 */
public interface Compiler {

    /**
     * Compiles the code and returns the bytecode for the compiled code.
     *
     * @return the bytecode for the compiled code
     */
    public byte[] compile();
}