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package javax.enterprise.inject.spi;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.enterprise.event.Event;
import javax.enterprise.event.Observes;
/**
*
* Provides access to metadata about an observed event payload. The metadata may be for events fired with either of
* {@link javax.enterprise.event.Event} or {@link BeanManager#fireEvent(Object, Annotation...)}.
*
*
* {@link EventMetadata} may only be injected into an observer method. For example:
*
*
*
* public void afterLogin(@Observes LoggedInEvent event, EventMetadata eventMetadata) { ... }
*
*
* @see Observes
*
* @author Lincoln Baxter, III
* @author Pete Muir
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface EventMetadata {
/**
* Get the qualifiers for which event payload was fired.
*/
public Set getQualifiers();
/**
* Get the {@link InjectionPoint} representing the injected {@link Event} instance which fired the event, or
* null if it was fired from {@link BeanManager#fireEvent(Object, Annotation...)};
*/
public InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint();
/**
* Get the type representing runtime class of the event object with type variables resolved.
*/
public Type getType();
}