MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation

## Interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory

- All Superinterfaces:
    AspectInstanceFactory, Ordered
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory, LazySingletonAspectInstanceFactoryDecorator, PrototypeAspectInstanceFactory, SimpleMetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory, SingletonMetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory

      public interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory
      extends AspectInstanceFactory

  Subinterface of `AspectInstanceFactory` that returns `AspectMetadata` associated with AspectJ-annotated classes.

  Ideally, AspectInstanceFactory would include this method itself, but because AspectMetadata uses Java-5-only `AjType`, we need to split out this subinterface.

  Since:
    2.0
  Author:
    Rod Johnson
  See Also:
    `AspectMetadata`, `AjType`

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

      `HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `AspectMetadata` | `getAspectMetadata()` Return the AspectJ AspectMetadata for this factory's aspect.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory

      `getAspectClassLoader, getAspectInstance`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

      `getOrder`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getAspectMetadata

          AspectMetadata getAspectMetadata()

      Return the AspectJ AspectMetadata for this factory's aspect.
      Returns:
        the aspect metadata