001 /* $Id: DigesterLoaderHandler.java 992060 2010-09-02 19:09:47Z simonetripodi $ 002 * 003 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 004 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 005 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 006 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 007 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 008 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 009 * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 011 * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 package org.apache.commons.digester.annotations; 019 020 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; 021 import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement; 022 023 /** 024 * A {@code DigesterLoaderHandler} intercept a {@code Class} visit performed by 025 * the {@link DigesterLoader} and performs the 026 * {@link DigesterLoaderHandler#handle(Annotation, AnnotatedElement, FromAnnotationsRuleSet)} 027 * method. 028 * 029 * @since 2.1 030 */ 031 public interface DigesterLoaderHandler<A extends Annotation, E extends AnnotatedElement> { 032 033 /** 034 * Handles the current visited element with the related current annotation. 035 * 036 * @param annotation the current visited annotation. 037 * @param element the current visited element. 038 * @param ruleSet the annotations {@code RuleSet} where providers have to be 039 * added. 040 */ 041 void handle(A annotation, E element, FromAnnotationsRuleSet ruleSet); 042 043 }