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/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
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package org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection;

import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The entry point to the reflection layer (a.k.a. the X* layer).
 *
 * @author Paolo Perrotta
 * @author Davide Marchignoli
 */
public interface ReflectionManager {

	public  XClass toXClass(Class clazz);

	public Class toClass(XClass xClazz);

	public Method toMethod(XMethod method);

	public  XClass classForName(String name, Class caller) throws ClassNotFoundException;

	public XPackage packageForName(String packageName) throws ClassNotFoundException;

	public  boolean equals(XClass class1, Class class2);

    public AnnotationReader buildAnnotationReader(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement);

    public Map getDefaults();
}