org.apache.tapestry5.ioc

## Interface AnnotationProvider

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    BeanEditContext, Binding, Binding2, InternalPropBinding, InternalPropertyConduit, PropertyAdapter, PropertyConduit, PropertyConduit2, PropertyEditContext, PropertyModel
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractBinding, AccessableObjectAnnotationProvider, AnnotationProviderChain, AssetBinding, AttributeExpansionBinding, BeanEditContextImpl, BlockBinding, CoercingPropertyConduitWrapper, ComponentBinding, InvariantBinding, LiteralBinding, LiteralPropertyConduit, NullAnnotationProvider, PropBinding, PropertyAdapterImpl, PropertyModelImpl, RenderVariableBinding

      public interface AnnotationProvider

  A source of annotations. This interface is used to mask where the annotations come from (for example, from a Method, a Class, or some other source).

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `<T extends Annotation> T` | `getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)` Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getAnnotation

          <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)

      Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.
      Type Parameters:
        `T` -
      Parameters:
        `annotationClass` - used to select the annotation to return
      Returns:
        the annotation, or null if not found

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