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| package com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion; |
| |
| /** |
| * Determines what the key and and element class of a Map or Collection should be. For Maps, the elements are the |
| * values. For Collections, the elements are the elements of the collection. |
| * <p> |
| * See the implementations for javadoc description for the methods as they are dependent on the concrete implementation. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @author Gabriel Zimmerman |
| */ |
| public interface ObjectTypeDeterminer { |
| |
| public Class getKeyClass(Class parentClass, String property); |
| |
| public Class getElementClass(Class parentClass, String property, Object key); |
| |
| public String getKeyProperty(Class parentClass, String property); |
| |
| public boolean shouldCreateIfNew(Class parentClass, String property, Object target, String keyProperty, boolean isIndexAccessed); |
| |
| } |