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package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;
import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory;
/**
* Subinterface of {@link org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory}
* that returns {@link AspectMetadata} associated with AspectJ-annotated classes.
*
* <p>Ideally, AspectInstanceFactory would include this method itself, but because
* AspectMetadata uses Java-5-only {@link org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType},
* we need to split out this subinterface.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @since 2.0
* @see AspectMetadata
* @see org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType
*/
public interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends AspectInstanceFactory {
/**
* Return the AspectJ AspectMetadata for this factory's aspect.
* @return the aspect metadata
*/
AspectMetadata getAspectMetadata();
}
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