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package javax.enterprise.inject.spi;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* An Observer Method can inject an {@link javax.enterprise.context.Dependent}
* EventMetadata object containing information about the
* sender of the event.
*/
public interface EventMetadata {
/**
* @return the qualifiers which were used to fire the event
*/
public Set<Annotation> getQualifiers();
/**
* @return the {@link javax.enterprise.event.Event} InjectionPoitn or <code>null</code>
* if this event got fired via {@link BeanManager#fireEvent(Object, java.lang.annotation.Annotation...)}
*/
public InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint();
/**
* @return the effective type of the fired event
*/
public Type getType();
}