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package org.apache.juneau;

/**
 * Defines extended language-specific metadata associated with a bean.
 *
 * <p>
 * Serializers and parsers can implement their own language-specific metadata on a bean and retrieve the metadata using
 * the {@link BeanMeta#getExtendedMeta(Class)} method.
 */
public class BeanMetaExtended {

	private final BeanMeta<?> bm;

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param bm The metadata of the bean we're extending.
	 * @throws BeanRuntimeException If any error occurred trying to construct the metadata.
	 */
	public BeanMetaExtended(BeanMeta<?> bm) throws BeanRuntimeException {
		this.bm = bm;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the bean metadata that was passed into the constructor.
	 *
	 * @return The bean metadata that was passed into the constructor.
	 */
	protected BeanMeta<?> getBeanMeta() {
		return bm;
	}
}