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package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;

import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory;

/**
 * Subinterface of AspectInstanceFactory that returns AspectMetadata
 * associated with AspectJ 5 annotated classes.
 *
 * <p>Ideally, AspectInstanceFactory would include this method, but because
 * AspectMetadata uses Java 5-only AJType, we need to split out these interfaces.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends AspectInstanceFactory {
	
	AspectMetadata getAspectMetadata();

}