MetaDataProvider (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.GA public API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationMetaDataProvider, ProgrammaticMetaDataProvider, XmlMetaDataProvider
```
public interface MetaDataProvider
```
A provider for constraint related meta data such as constraints, default group sequences etc.
Implementations are based one different meta data sources such as XML, programmatic mappings and annotations. Meta data providers only return meta data directly configured for one class, they don't deal with merging meta data from super-classes or implemented interfaces.

Author:

Gunnar Morling, Hardy Ferentschik

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AnnotationProcessingOptions`	`getAnnotationProcessingOptions()`	Returns the annotation processing options as configured by this provider.
`<T> BeanConfiguration<? super T>`	`getBeanConfiguration(Class<T> beanClass)`	Returns a bean configuration for the given type or `null` if this provider has no meta-data on the given type.

- Method Detail
  - getAnnotationProcessingOptions
```
AnnotationProcessingOptions getAnnotationProcessingOptions()
```
    Returns the annotation processing options as configured by this provider.
    
    Returns:
    
    The annotation processing options as configured by this provider.
  - getBeanConfiguration
```
<T> BeanConfiguration<? super T> getBeanConfiguration(Class<T> beanClass)
```
    Returns a bean configuration for the given type or null if this provider has no meta-data on the given type.