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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;

/**
 * <p>
 * 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...)}.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * {@link EventMetadata} may only be injected into an observer method. For example:
 * </p>
 * 
 * <pre>
 * public void afterLogin(&#064;Observes LoggedInEvent event, EventMetadata eventMetadata) { ... }
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @see Observes
 * 
 * @author Lincoln Baxter, III
 * @author Pete Muir
 * @author Antoine Sabot-Durand
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface EventMetadata {
    /**
     * @return the qualifiers for which event payload was fired.
     */
    public Set<Annotation> getQualifiers();

    /**
     * Get the {@link InjectionPoint} representing the injected {@link Event} instance which fired the event, or
     * <code>null</code> if it was fired from {@link BeanManager#fireEvent(Object, Annotation...)};
     *
     * @return InjectionPoint of the Event
     */
    public InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint();

    /**
     * Get the type representing runtime class of the event object with type variables resolved.
     *
     *
     * @return the runtime type of the event object
     */
    public Type getType();
    
}
