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package com.sun.faces.application.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * 
 * Instances of this interface are responsible for scanning a Class for a specific annotation types.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Scanner implementations must be thread safe.
 * 
 */
interface Scanner {

    /**
     * @return the {@link java.lang.annotation.Annotation} this Scanner is responsible for handling.
     * NOTE: while a particular Scanner instance may handle a plural version of an
     * Annotation in additional to a singular, this method must return the singular version only.
     */
    Class getAnnotation();

    /**
     * Scan the target class for the {@link java.lang.annotation.Annotation}s this scanner handles.
     *
     * @param clazz the target class
     * @return a new {@link RuntimeAnnotationHandler} instance capable of processing the annotations defined on this class.
     * If no relevant {@link java.lang.annotation.Annotation}s are found, return null.
     */
    RuntimeAnnotationHandler scan(Class clazz);

}