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016
017package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;
018
019import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
020import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
021import org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata;
022
023/**
024 * Extended {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition}
025 * interface that exposes {@link org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata}
026 * about its bean class - without requiring the class to be loaded yet.
027 *
028 * @author Juergen Hoeller
029 * @since 2.5
030 * @see AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition
031 * @see org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata
032 */
033public interface AnnotatedBeanDefinition extends BeanDefinition {
034
035        /**
036         * Obtain the annotation metadata (as well as basic class metadata)
037         * for this bean definition's bean class.
038         * @return the annotation metadata object (never {@code null})
039         */
040        AnnotationMetadata getMetadata();
041
042        /**
043         * Obtain metadata for this bean definition's factory method, if any.
044         * @return the factory method metadata, or {@code null} if none
045         * @since 4.1.1
046         */
047        MethodMetadata getFactoryMethodMetadata();
048
049}