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/*
 * Copyright 2016 Erwin Müller 
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.anrisoftware.globalpom.reflection.annotationclass;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Factory to create the annotation class builder.
 * 
 * @see AnnotationClass
 * 
 * @author Erwin Mueller, [email protected]
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface AnnotationClassFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates the annotation class builder.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            the parent {@link Object} where the field can be found.
	 * 
	 * @param annotation
	 *            the {@link Class} type of the annotation.
	 * 
	 * @param object
	 *            the {@link Field} or the {@link Method} where the annotation
	 *            was added.
	 * 
	 * @return the {@link AnnotationClass}.
	 */
	AnnotationClass create(Object parent,
			Class annotation, AccessibleObject object);
}