1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation; 18 19 import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory; 20 21 /** 22 * Subinterface of {@link org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory} 23 * that returns {@link AspectMetadata} associated with AspectJ-annotated classes. 24 * 25 * <p>Ideally, AspectInstanceFactory would include this method itself, but because 26 * AspectMetadata uses Java-5-only {@link org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType}, 27 * we need to split out this subinterface. 28 * 29 * @author Rod Johnson 30 * @since 2.0 31 * @see AspectMetadata 32 * @see org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType 33 */ 34 public interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends AspectInstanceFactory { 35 36 /** 37 * Return the AspectJ AspectMetadata for this factory's aspect. 38 * @return the aspect metadata 39 */ getAspectMetadata()40 AspectMetadata getAspectMetadata(); 41 42 } 43