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  2.  * Copyright 2002-2004 the original author or authors.

  3.  * 

  4.  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  5.  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  6.  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

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  9.  * 

  10.  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

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  15.  */ 

  16. 

  17. package org.springframework.transaction.interceptor;

  18. 

  19. import java.lang.reflect.Method;

  20. 

  21. /**

  22.  * Interface used by TransactionInterceptor. Implementations know

  23.  * how to source transaction attributes, whether from configuration,

  24.  * metadata attributes at source level, or anywhere else.

  25.  * @author Rod Johnson

  26.  * @since 15-Apr-2003

  27.  * @version $Id: TransactionAttributeSource.java,v 1.4 2004/03/18 02:46:05 trisberg Exp $

  28.  */

  29. public interface TransactionAttributeSource {

  30. 

  31. 	/**

  32. 	 * Return the transaction attribute for this method.

  33. 	 * Return null if the method is non-transactional.

  34. 	 * @param method method

  35. 	 * @param targetClass target class. May be null, in which case the declaring

  36. 	 * class of the method must be used.

  37. 	 * @return TransactionAttribute transaction attribute or null.

  38. 	 */

  39. 	TransactionAttribute getTransactionAttribute(Method method, Class targetClass);

  40. 

  41. }