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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}