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package org.springframework.core.type;
import java.util.Map;
import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
/**
* Defines access to the annotations of a specific type ({@link AnnotationMetadata class}
* or {@link MethodMetadata method}), in a form that does not necessarily require the
* class-loading.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @author Mark Fisher
* @author Mark Pollack
* @author Chris Beams
* @author Phillip Webb
* @author Sam Brannen
* @since 4.0
* @see AnnotationMetadata
* @see MethodMetadata
*/
public interface AnnotatedTypeMetadata {
/**
* Determine whether the underlying element has an annotation or meta-annotation
* of the given type defined.
* <p>If this method returns {@code true}, then
* {@link #getAnnotationAttributes} will return a non-null Map.
* @param annotationName the fully qualified class name of the annotation
* type to look for
* @return whether a matching annotation is defined
*/
boolean isAnnotated(String annotationName);
/**
* Retrieve the attributes of the annotation of the given type, if any (i.e. if
* defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation),
* also taking attribute overrides on composed annotations into account.
* @param annotationName the fully qualified class name of the annotation
* type to look for
* @return a Map of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
* and the defined attribute value as Map value. This return value will be
* {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
*/
Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationName);
/**
* Retrieve the attributes of the annotation of the given type, if any (i.e. if
* defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation),
* also taking attribute overrides on composed annotations into account.
* @param annotationName the fully qualified class name of the annotation
* type to look for
* @param classValuesAsString whether to convert class references to String
* class names for exposure as values in the returned Map, instead of Class
* references which might potentially have to be loaded first
* @return a Map of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
* and the defined attribute value as Map value. This return value will be
* {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
*/
Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationName, boolean classValuesAsString);
/**
* Retrieve all attributes of all annotations of the given type, if any (i.e. if
* defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation).
* Note that this variant does <i>not</i> take attribute overrides into account.
* @param annotationName the fully qualified class name of the annotation
* type to look for
* @return a MultiMap of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
* and a list of the defined attribute values as Map value. This return value will
* be {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
* @see #getAllAnnotationAttributes(String, boolean)
*/
MultiValueMap<String, Object> getAllAnnotationAttributes(String annotationName);
/**
* Retrieve all attributes of all annotations of the given type, if any (i.e. if
* defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation).
* Note that this variant does <i>not</i> take attribute overrides into account.
* @param annotationName the fully qualified class name of the annotation
* type to look for
* @param classValuesAsString whether to convert class references to String
* @return a MultiMap of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
* and a list of the defined attribute values as Map value. This return value will
* be {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
* @see #getAllAnnotationAttributes(String)
*/
MultiValueMap<String, Object> getAllAnnotationAttributes(String annotationName, boolean classValuesAsString);
}