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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.content.java;

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.jdtutility.Attribute;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.jdtutility.DeclarationAnnotationAdapter;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.platform.DefaultsContext;

/**
 * Map a string key to an attribute mapping and its corresponding
 * Java annotation adapter.
 */
public interface IJavaAttributeMappingProvider {

	String key();

	boolean defaultApplies(Attribute attribute, DefaultsContext defaultsContext);

	IJavaAttributeMapping buildMapping(Attribute attribute);

	DeclarationAnnotationAdapter declarationAnnotationAdapter();

}