001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.core.type.classreading; 018 019import org.springframework.core.io.Resource; 020import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata; 021import org.springframework.core.type.ClassMetadata; 022 023/** 024 * Simple facade for accessing class metadata, 025 * as read by an ASM {@link org.springframework.asm.ClassReader}. 026 * 027 * @author Juergen Hoeller 028 * @since 2.5 029 */ 030public interface MetadataReader { 031 032 /** 033 * Return the resource reference for the class file. 034 */ 035 Resource getResource(); 036 037 /** 038 * Read basic class metadata for the underlying class. 039 */ 040 ClassMetadata getClassMetadata(); 041 042 /** 043 * Read full annotation metadata for the underlying class, 044 * including metadata for annotated methods. 045 */ 046 AnnotationMetadata getAnnotationMetadata(); 047 048}