org.apache.felix.ipojo.manipulator
Interface MetadataProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationMetadataProvider, CacheableMetadataProvider, CompositeMetadataProvider, EmptyMetadataProvider, FileMetadataProvider, StreamMetadataProvider

public interface MetadataProvider

A MetadataProvider is responsible to provide iPOJO's metadata.

Author:

Felix Project Team

Method Summary

List<org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element>

getMetadatas() Gather all the metadata.

Method Detail

getMetadatas

List<org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element> getMetadatas()
                                                           throws IOException

Gather all the metadata.

Returns:

a list of iPOJO metadata (never return null)

Throws:

IOException - if something wet wrong during gathering.