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package org.springframework.core.type;

import java.util.Map;

import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;

/**
 * Defines access to the annotations of a specific type ({@link AnnotationMetadata class}
 * or {@link MethodMetadata method}), in a form that does not necessarily require the
 * class-loading.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 4.0
 * @see AnnotationMetadata
 * @see MethodMetadata
 */
public interface AnnotatedTypeMetadata {

	/**
	 * Determine whether the underlying element has an annotation or meta-annotation
	 * of the given type defined.
	 * <p>If this method returns {@code true}, then
	 * {@link #getAnnotationAttributes} will return a non-null Map.
	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
	 * @return whether a matching annotation is defined
	 */
	boolean isAnnotated(String annotationType);

	/**
	 * Retrieve the attributes of the annotation of the given type, if any (i.e. if
	 * defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation),
	 * also taking attribute overrides on composed annotations into account.
	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
	 * @return a Map of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
	 * and the defined attribute value as Map value. This return value will be
	 * {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
	 */
	Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType);

	/**
	 * Retrieve the attributes of the annotation of the given type, if any (i.e. if
	 * defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation),
	 * also taking attribute overrides on composed annotations into account.
	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
	 * @param classValuesAsString whether to convert class references to String
	 * class names for exposure as values in the returned Map, instead of Class
	 * references which might potentially have to be loaded first
	 * @return a Map of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
	 * and the defined attribute value as Map value. This return value will be
	 * {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
	 */
	Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType, boolean classValuesAsString);

	/**
	 * Retrieve all attributes of all annotations of the given type, if any (i.e. if
	 * defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation).
	 * Note that this variant does <i>not</i> take attribute overrides into account.
	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
	 * @return a MultiMap of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
	 * and a list of the defined attribute values as Map value. This return value will
	 * be {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
	 * @see #getAllAnnotationAttributes(String, boolean)
	 */
	MultiValueMap<String, Object> getAllAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType);

	/**
	 * Retrieve all attributes of all annotations of the given type, if any (i.e. if
	 * defined on the underlying element, as direct annotation or meta-annotation).
	 * Note that this variant does <i>not</i> take attribute overrides into account.
	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
	 * @param classValuesAsString  whether to convert class references to String
	 * @return a MultiMap of attributes, with the attribute name as key (e.g. "value")
	 * and a list of the defined attribute values as Map value. This return value will
	 * be {@code null} if no matching annotation is defined.
	 * @see #getAllAnnotationAttributes(String)
	 */
	MultiValueMap<String, Object> getAllAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType, boolean classValuesAsString);

}
