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package org.apache.axis2.jaxws.description.builder;
import org.apache.axis2.jaxws.description.EndpointDescription;
/**
* This interface represents processors that will be used to
* handle CustomAnnotationInstances that are added to the MDQ layer
* by the uaser. These processors will also be registered with
* MDQ, and they will be called by MDQ as needed.
*
*/
public interface CustomAnnotationProcessor {
/**
* This method sets the fully qualifed name of the
* CustomAnnotationInstance class that this processor
* is responsible for handling.
*/
public void setAnnotationInstanceClassName(String annotationInstanceClassName);
/**
* This method returns the fully qualifed name of the
* CustomAnnotationInstance class that this processor
* is responsible for handling.
*/
public String getAnnotationInstanceClassName();
/**
* This method will be called to process an annotation type
* recognized by this processor that was found at the type
* level.
* @param ed - EndpointDescription that the annotation was associated with
* @param annotation - The CustomAnnotationInstance that should be processed
* by this processor
*/
public void processTypeLevelAnnotation(EndpointDescription ed, CustomAnnotationInstance annotation);
}