EnhancedAnnotatedParameter.java

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package org.jboss.weld.annotated.enhanced;

import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.AnnotatedParameter;

/**
 * AnnotatedParameter provides a uniform access to a method parameter defined
 * either in Java or XML
 *
 * @param <T>
 * @author Pete Muir
 */
public interface EnhancedAnnotatedParameter<T, X> extends EnhancedAnnotated<T, Object>, AnnotatedParameter<X> {

    EnhancedAnnotatedCallable<?, X, ?> getDeclaringEnhancedCallable();

    EnhancedAnnotatedType<X> getDeclaringType();

    /**
     * Returns a lightweight implementation of {@link AnnotatedParameter} with minimal memory footprint.
     * @return the slim version of this {@link AnnotatedParameter}
     */
    AnnotatedParameter<X> slim();

}