ApplicationMetaDataProvider (Public APIs of Glassfish 6.1.0 API)

```
@Contract
public interface ApplicationMetaDataProvider<T>
```
Implementations of this interface are providing deployment application metadata

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`MetaData`	`getMetaData()`	Returns the meta data assocated with this Deployer
`T`	`load(DeploymentContext dc)`	Load the metadata associated with the deployment event

- Method Detail
  - getMetaData
```
MetaData getMetaData()
```
    Returns the meta data assocated with this Deployer
    
    Returns:
    
    the meta data for this Deployer
  - load
```
T load(DeploymentContext dc)
throws IOException
```
    Load the metadata associated with the deployment event
    
    Parameters:
    
    dc - the deployment context
    
    Returns:
    
    the loaded metadata
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when the underlying archive cannot be processed correctly