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package org.springframework.security.access.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.security.access.ConfigAttribute;

/**
 * Strategy to process a custom security annotation to extract the relevant
 * {@code ConfigAttribute}s for securing a method.
 * <p>
 * Used by {@code SecuredAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource}.
 *
 * @author Luke Taylor
 * @deprecated Used only by now-deprecated classes. Consider
 * {@link org.springframework.security.authorization.method.SecuredAuthorizationManager}
 * for `@Secured` methods.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface AnnotationMetadataExtractor<A extends Annotation> {

	Collection<? extends ConfigAttribute> extractAttributes(A securityAnnotation);

}
