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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc;
/**
* Introduced for Tapestry 5.3, contains new methods to provide access to annotations on the class,
* and on methods of the class. In rare cases, the same annotation type will appear on the service interface
* and on the class (or method implementation in the class); the implementation annotation always
* has precedence over the interface annotation.
*
* @since 5.3
*/
public interface AnnotationAccess
{
/**
* Returns a provider for annotations on the service class and interface. This will reflect annotations defined by
* the implementation class itself, plus annotations defined by the service interface (implementation class
* annotations take precedence).
*/
AnnotationProvider getClassAnnotationProvider();
/**
* Returns a provider for annotations of a method of the class. This includes annotations on
* the implementation method, plus annotations on the corresponding service interface method
* (if such a method exists), with precedence on the implementation class method annotations.
*/
AnnotationProvider getMethodAnnotationProvider(String methodName, Class... parameterTypes);
}