File: Metadata\IEndpointMetadataProvider.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Metadata;
 
/// <summary>
/// Indicates that a type provides a static method that provides <see cref="Endpoint"/> metadata when declared as a parameter type or the
/// returned type of an <see cref="Endpoint"/> route handler delegate.
/// </summary>
public interface IEndpointMetadataProvider
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Populates metadata for the related <see cref="Endpoint"/> and <see cref="MethodInfo"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This method is called by RequestDelegateFactory when creating a <see cref="RequestDelegate"/> and by MVC when creating endpoints for controller actions.
    /// This is called for each parameter and return type of the route handler or action with a declared type implementing this interface.
    /// Add or remove objects on the <see cref="EndpointBuilder.Metadata"/> property of the <paramref name="builder"/> to modify the <see cref="Endpoint.Metadata"/> being built.
    /// </remarks>
    /// <param name="method">The <see cref="MethodInfo"/> of the route handler delegate or MVC Action of the endpoint being created.</param>
    /// <param name="builder">The <see cref="EndpointBuilder"/> used to construct the endpoint for the given <paramref name="method"/>.</param>
    static abstract void PopulateMetadata(MethodInfo method, EndpointBuilder builder);
}