/**
* Copyright (C) 2009 STMicroelectronics
*
* This file is part of "Mind Compiler" is free software: you can redistribute
* it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
* License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
* details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Contact: mind@ow2.org
*
* Authors: Matthieu Leclercq
* Contributors:
*/
package org.ow2.mind.idl.annotation;
import java.util.Map;
import org.objectweb.fractal.adl.ADLException;
import org.objectweb.fractal.adl.Node;
import org.ow2.mind.annotation.Annotation;
import org.ow2.mind.idl.ast.IDL;
/**
* Interface implemented by component that process annotations while loading
* {@link IDL}.
*/
public interface IDLLoaderAnnotationProcessor {
/**
* Process the given annotation that has been found on the given node that
* belongs to the given IDL.
*
* @param annotation the annotation to process
* @param node the node on which the annotation has been found
* @param idl the enclosing IDL
* @param phase the current loading phase
* @param context additional parameters
* @return the new enclosing IDL if it is different from the given one,
* <code>null</code> otherwise.
* @throws ADLException if an error occurs.
*/
IDL processAnnotation(Annotation annotation, Node node, IDL idl,
IDLLoaderPhase phase, Map<Object, Object> context) throws ADLException;
}