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/*
 * Fabric3
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 *
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package org.fabric3.spi.introspection.java;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * Maps an annotation to a component implementation type.
 */
public interface ComponentAnnotationMapper {

    /**
     * Returns the component implementation type associated with the annotation or null if there is no association.
     *
     * @param annotation the annotation
     * @return the component implementation type associated with the annotation or null if there is no association.
     */
    QName getImplementationType(Annotation annotation);

}