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 * Copyright (c) 2010-present Sonatype, Inc.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *   Stuart McCulloch (Sonatype, Inc.) - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.sisu.inject;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import com.google.inject.Binder;
import com.google.inject.Binding;

/**
 * Binding source locations can implement this interface to supply annotations to the {@link BeanLocator}.
 * 
 * @see Binder#withSource(Object)
 */
public interface AnnotatedSource
{
    /**
     * Returns the annotation of the given type that is associated with the binding.
     * 
     * @param binding The binding
     * @param annotationType The annotation type
     * @return The associated annotation; {@code null} if no such annotation exists
     */
    <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation( Binding<?> binding, Class<T> annotationType );
}