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package javax.enterprise.inject.spi;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * An Observer Method can inject an {@link javax.enterprise.context.Dependent}
 * EventMetadata object containing information about the
 * sender of the event.
 */
public interface EventMetadata {

    /**
     * @return the qualifiers which were used to fire the event
     */
    Set getQualifiers();

    /**
     * @return the {@link javax.enterprise.event.Event} InjectionPoitn or null
     *          if this event got fired via {@link BeanManager#fireEvent(Object, java.lang.annotation.Annotation...)}
     */
    InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint();

    /**
     * @return the effective type of the fired event
     */
    Type getType();
}