001// Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation
002//
003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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006//
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008//
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014
015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;
016
017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.AnnotationProvider;
018
019import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
020
021/**
022 * A null implementation of {@link AnnotationProvider}, used when there is not appropriate source of annotations.
023 */
024public class NullAnnotationProvider implements AnnotationProvider
025{
026    /**
027     * Always returns null.
028     */
029    @Override
030    public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
031    {
032        return null;
033    }
034
035}