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/**
* This interface defines the context for the annotation procesing
* handler. There is only one context instance per AnnotationProcessor
* invocation.
*
* @author Jerome Dochez
*/
public interface ProcessingContext {
/**
* Returns the AnnotationProcessor instance this context is associated
* with.
* @return annotation processor instance
*/
/**
* Returns the Scanner implementation which is responsible for providing
* access to all the .class files the processing tool needs to scan.
* @return scanner instance
*/
/**
* that assist in the processing of annotations. Using the ClassLoader is
* preferred, but not all files can be loaded by it and this can be handy
* in those cases.
*@return module archive
*/
/**
* Sets the Scanner implementation which is responsible for accessing
* all the .class files the AnnotationProcessor should process.
*/
/**
* Push a new handler on the stack of handlers. This handler will receive
* all the AnnotedElementHandler events until it is removed from the stack
* with a popHandler() call.
* @param handler the new events handler.
*/
/**
* Return the current handler (if any) receving all the annotated elements
* start and stop events.
* @return the top handler
*/
/**
* Removes the top handler
* @return the removed handler
*/
/**
* Return the top handler casted to the requested handler type
* @param requested handler type
* @return the top handler
* @throws ClassCastException if the top handler cannot be casted to
* the requested handler type.
*/
throws ClassCastException;
/**
* during the annotation processing.
* @param handler the annotation handler
*/
/**
* Return the error handler for this processing context.
* @return the error handler
*/
}