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014
015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.def;
016
017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.AnnotationAccess;
018import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.IncompatibleChange;
019
020/**
021 * Introduced for Tapestry 5.3, contains new methods to provide access to annotations on the class,
022 * and on methods of the class. In rare cases, the same annotation type will appear on the service interface
023 * and on the class (or method implementation in the class); the implementation annotation always
024 * has precedence over the interface annotation.
025 * 
026 * @since 5.3
027 */
028public interface ServiceDef3 extends ServiceDef2, AnnotationAccess
029{
030    
031    /**
032     * Returns the service implementation associated with this service. When creating the proxies
033     * for the service interface, the implementation of the service interface methods will
034     * receive the annotations of the corresponding method in the service interface.
035     * @since 5.4
036     */
037    @IncompatibleChange(release = "5.4", details = "Added method")
038    Class getServiceImplementation();
039
040}