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16
17 package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;
18
19 import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory;
20
21 /**
22  * Subinterface of {@link org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory}
23  * that returns {@link AspectMetadata} associated with AspectJ-annotated classes.
24  *
25  * <p>Ideally, AspectInstanceFactory would include this method itself, but because
26  * AspectMetadata uses Java-5-only {@link org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType},
27  * we need to split out this subinterface.
28  *
29  * @author Rod Johnson
30  * @since 2.0
31  * @see AspectMetadata
32  * @see org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType
33  */
34 public interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends AspectInstanceFactory {
35
36     /**
37      * Return the AspectJ AspectMetadata for this factory's aspect.
38      * @return the aspect metadata
39      */
40     AspectMetadata getAspectMetadata();
41
42 }
43
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