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Lifecycle AOP Framework. Enabling describe enhanced State Diagram with Java language, and processing relational Lifecycle constraints(including: state validations, transitions validations), concurrency, lifecycle callbacks, lifecycle events implicitely with Lifecycle Engine. This engine can be used by class load time (Java Instrumentation) or compile time (Lifecycle-StaticWeaver-maven-plugin).

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package net.imadz.meta;

/**
 * Object that supports the Flavor pattern.
 */
public interface Flavored {

    /**
     * Flavor handler.
     * 
     * 
     * Flavor handler provide domain specific extensions to generic meta data
     * types such as WebSerice support and Hibernate access.
     * 
     * 
     * argument handlerInterface
     *            Java class or Interface that provides the functionality of the
     *            handler
     * argument assertExists
     *            throws a FlavorNotSupportedException if the flavor does not
     *            exist
     * @return Handler if one of the specified type is registered, null
     *         otherwise
     * @throws FlavorNotSupportedException
     */
    public  T getFlavor(Class flavorInterface, boolean assertExists);

    /**
     * Checks if the specified flavor is supported.
     * 
     * argument flavorInterface
     *            Flavor to check for
     * @return true if it is supported, false otherwise
     */
    public boolean hasFlavor(Class flavorInterface);
}