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// Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation
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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.def;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.AnnotationAccess;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.IncompatibleChange;

/**
 * Introduced for Tapestry 5.3, contains new methods to provide access to annotations on the class,
 * and on methods of the class. In rare cases, the same annotation type will appear on the service interface
 * and on the class (or method implementation in the class); the implementation annotation always
 * has precedence over the interface annotation.
 * 
 * @since 5.3
 */
public interface ServiceDef3 extends ServiceDef2, AnnotationAccess
{
    
    /**
     * Returns the service implementation associated with this service. When creating the proxies
     * for the service interface, the implementation of the service interface methods will
     * receive the annotations of the corresponding method in the service interface.
     * @since 5.4
     */
    @IncompatibleChange(release = "5.4", details = "Added method")
    Class getServiceImplementation();

}