/*
 * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 * accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
 * questions.
 */

package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.databinding;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Map;

MetadataReader
Author:
shih-chang.chen@oracle.com/**
 * MetadataReader
 *
 * @author shih-chang.chen@oracle.com
 */
public interface MetadataReader {

    public Annotation[] getAnnotations(Method m) ;

    public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations(final Method method);

    public <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(final Class<A> annType, final Method m);

    public <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(final Class<A> annType, final Class<?> cls);

    public Annotation[] getAnnotations(Class<?> c);

    public void getProperties(final Map<String, Object> prop, final Class<?> cls);

    public void getProperties(final Map<String, Object> prop, final Method method);

    public void getProperties(final Map<String, Object> prop, final Method method, int pos);

}