/*
 * ============================================================================
 * GNU Lesser General Public License
 * ============================================================================
 *
 * Beanlet - JSE Application Container.
 * Copyright (C) 2006  Leon van Zantvoort
 * 
 * This library 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 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 * 
 * Leon van Zantvoort
 * 243 Acalanes Drive #11
 * Sunnyvale, CA 94086
 * USA
 *
 * zantvoort@users.sourceforge.net
 * http://beanlet.org
 */
package org.beanlet.plugin;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import org.beanlet.annotation.Element;
import org.beanlet.annotation.PackageElement;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 *
 * @author Leon van Zantvoort
 */
public interface ElementAnnotationFactory<T extends Annotation> {
    
    /**
     * <p>Returns an {@code ElementAnnotation} represented by the specified
     * {@code node}, or {@code null} if {@code node} is not supported by this
     * factory.</p>
     *
     * <p>Note that all inner beanlets must be created during this call.</p>
     *
     * @param node xml node.
     * @param pkg
     * @param ctx
     */
    XMLElementAnnotation<PackageElement, T> getElementAnnotation(
            Node node, Package pkg, ElementAnnotationContext ctx);

    /**
     * <p>Returns an {@code ElementAnnotation} represented by the specified
     * {@code node}, or {@code null} if {@code node} is not supported by this
     * factory.</p>
     *
     * <p>Note that all inner beanlets must be created during this call.</p>
     *
     * @param node xml node.
     * @param cls
     * @param ctx
     */
    XMLElementAnnotation<Element, T> getElementAnnotation(
            Node node, Class<?> cls, ElementAnnotationContext ctx);
}