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 * AnalyzerBeans
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
 *
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 */
package org.eobjects.analyzer.descriptors;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.Set;

import org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api.Initialize;

/**
 * Descriptor for an initialize method. The most common way of registering an
 * initialize method is using the @Initialize annotation.
 * 
 * @see Initialize
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface InitializeMethodDescriptor extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Determines if this initialize method is distributed or not. 
     * 
     * @return
     * 
     * @see Initialize#distributed()
     */
    public boolean isDistributed();

    /**
     * Invokes the initialize method
     * 
     * @param component
     *            the component to initialize
     */
    public void initialize(Object component);

    /**
     * Gets the annotations of the method
     * 
     * @return the annotations of the method
     */
    public Set<Annotation> getAnnotations();

    /**
     * Gets a particular annotation of the method
     * 
     * @param <A>
     *            the annotation type
     * @param annotationClass
     *            the annotation class to look for
     * @return a matching annotation or null, if none is present
     */
    public <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass);
}