ClassMetaDataLoader


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22  package org.jboss.aop.metadata;
23  
24  import javassist.CtConstructor;
25  import javassist.CtField;
26  import javassist.CtMethod;
27  import org.jboss.aop.Advisor;
28  import org.w3c.dom.Element  ;
29  
30  import java.lang.reflect.Constructor  ;
31  import java.lang.reflect.Field  ;
32  import java.lang.reflect.Method  ;
33  
34  /**
35   * <description>
36   *
37   * @author <a HREF="mailto:bill@jboss.org">Bill Burke</a>
38   * @version $Revision: 37406 $
39   * @see <related>
40   */
41  public interface ClassMetaDataLoader
42  {
43     // Public --------------------------------------------------------
44     public ClassMetaDataBinding importMetaData(Element   element, String   name, String   tag, String   classExpr) throws Exception  ;
45  
46     /**
47      * This is a prebind of metadata so that loader/compiler can work with metadata as strings
48      *
49      * @param advisor
50      * @param data
51      * @param methods
52      * @param fields
53      * @param constructors
54      * @throws Exception
55      */
56     public void bind(Advisor advisor, ClassMetaDataBinding data, CtMethod[] methods, CtField[] fields, CtConstructor[] constructors) throws Exception  ;
57  
58     /**
59      * This is a full bind of metadata.  It can work with real objects unlike the bind with Javassist types
60      *
61      * @param advisor
62      * @param data
63      * @param methods
64      * @param fields
65      * @param constructors
66      * @throws Exception
67      */
68     public void bind(Advisor advisor, ClassMetaDataBinding data, Method[] methods, Field[] fields, Constructor[] constructors) throws Exception  ;
69  }
70
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