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package com.google.inject.persist.finder;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Utility that helps you introspect dynamic finder methods.
 *
 * @author dhanji@gmail.com (Dhanji R. Prasanna)
 */
public final class DynamicFinder {
  private final Method method;
  private final Finder finder;

  public DynamicFinder(Method method) {
    this.method = method;
    this.finder = method.getAnnotation(Finder.class);
  }

  /**
   * Returns some metadata if the method is annotated {@code @Finder} or null.
   *
   * @param method a method you want to test as a dynamic finder
   */
  public static DynamicFinder from(Method method) {
    return method.isAnnotationPresent(Finder.class) ? new DynamicFinder(method) : null;
  }

  public Finder metadata() {
    return finder;
  }
}