src/java/org/apache/ivy/core/module/descriptor/InheritableItem.java

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package org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor;

import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.ModuleRevisionId;

/**
 * Interface for elements that can be inherited from a parent descriptor by a child descriptor.
 *
 * @see Configuration
 * @see DependencyDescriptor
 */
public interface InheritableItem {
    /**
     * @return the module in which this item was actually defined, if different from the module in
     *         which the item appears. May be null.
     */
    ModuleRevisionId getSourceModule();
}