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package org.springframework.cache.annotation;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheOperation;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * Strategy interface for parsing known caching annotation types.
 * {@link AnnotationCacheOperationSource} delegates to such parsers
 * for supporting specific annotation types such as Spring's own
 * {@link Cacheable}, {@link CachePut} and{@link CacheEvict}.
 *
 * @author Costin Leau
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 3.1
 * @see AnnotationCacheOperationSource
 * @see SpringCacheAnnotationParser
 */
public interface CacheAnnotationParser {

	/**
	 * Parse the cache definition for the given class,
	 * based on an annotation type understood by this parser.
	 * <p>This essentially parses a known cache annotation into Spring's metadata
	 * attribute class. Returns {@code null} if the class is not cacheable.
	 * @param type the annotated class
	 * @return the configured caching operation, or {@code null} if none found
	 * @see AnnotationCacheOperationSource#findCacheOperations(Class)
	 */
	@Nullable
	Collection<CacheOperation> parseCacheAnnotations(Class<?> type);

	/**
	 * Parse the cache definition for the given method,
	 * based on an annotation type understood by this parser.
	 * <p>This essentially parses a known cache annotation into Spring's metadata
	 * attribute class. Returns {@code null} if the method is not cacheable.
	 * @param method the annotated method
	 * @return the configured caching operation, or {@code null} if none found
	 * @see AnnotationCacheOperationSource#findCacheOperations(Method)
	 */
	@Nullable
	Collection<CacheOperation> parseCacheAnnotations(Method method);

}
