MetadataProvider (hibernate-commons-annotations JavaDocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaMetadataProvider
```
public interface MetadataProvider
```
Provides metadata

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AnnotationReader`	`getAnnotationReader(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement)`	provide metadata for a given annotated element
`Map<Object,Object>`	`getDefaults()`	provide default metadata
`default void`	`reset()`	Reset any internal caches.

- Method Detail
  - getDefaults
```
Map<Object,Object> getDefaults()
```
    provide default metadata
  - getAnnotationReader
```
AnnotationReader getAnnotationReader(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement)
```
    provide metadata for a given annotated element
  - reset
```
default void reset()
```
    Reset any internal caches. This will free up memory in some implementations, at the cost of possibly being a bit slower if its services are needed again. Other configuration aspects are not affected.