001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2014 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.beans.factory.annotation; 018 019import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition; 020import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata; 021import org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata; 022import org.springframework.lang.Nullable; 023 024/** 025 * Extended {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition} 026 * interface that exposes {@link org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata} 027 * about its bean class - without requiring the class to be loaded yet. 028 * 029 * @author Juergen Hoeller 030 * @since 2.5 031 * @see AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition 032 * @see org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata 033 */ 034public interface AnnotatedBeanDefinition extends BeanDefinition { 035 036 /** 037 * Obtain the annotation metadata (as well as basic class metadata) 038 * for this bean definition's bean class. 039 * @return the annotation metadata object (never {@code null}) 040 */ 041 AnnotationMetadata getMetadata(); 042 043 /** 044 * Obtain metadata for this bean definition's factory method, if any. 045 * @return the factory method metadata, or {@code null} if none 046 * @since 4.1.1 047 */ 048 @Nullable 049 MethodMetadata getFactoryMethodMetadata(); 050 051}