BeanPublisherPlugin.java

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package com.avanza.astrix.beans.publish;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import com.avanza.astrix.provider.core.AstrixApiProvider;


/**
 * A BeanPublisherPlugin is responsible for creating a PublishedBeanDefinition for
 * all published types in an api (represented by a ApiProviderClass). 
 * 
 * Astrix comes with the {@link ApiProviderBeanPublisherPlugin} which handles api-providers
 * annotated with {@link AstrixApiProvider}, see {@link AstrixApiProvider} for more information.<p> 
 * 
 * @author Elias Lindholm (elilin)
 *
 */
public interface BeanPublisherPlugin {
	
	void publishBeans(BeanPublisher p, ApiProviderClass apiProviderClass);
	
	Class<? extends Annotation> getProviderAnnotationType();
	
	public static interface BeanPublisher {
		<T> void publishLibrary(LibraryBeanDefinition<T> libraryDefinition);
		<T> void publishService(ServiceBeanDefinition<T> serviceDefinition);
	}
	
}