| /* Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.jam; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>This is a helper class which provides java.beans-like |
| * functionality in the JAM framework. |
| |
| extension to the JAM framework that encapsulates the notion of a |
| * javabean properties. This class can be used to get similar |
| * functionality in JAM that is provided by the java.beans.* |
| * packge.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>An array of JProperties for a given JClass can be retrieved |
| * using the getProperties factory method.</p> |
| * |
| * @author Patrick Calahan <email: pcal-at-bea-dot-com> |
| */ |
| public interface JProperty extends JAnnotatedElement { |
| |
| // ======================================================================== |
| // Public methods |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a JClass which represents the type of this property. |
| */ |
| public JClass getType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a JMethod which represents the setter for this property. |
| * Returns null if this property is read-only. |
| */ |
| public JMethod getSetter(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a JMethod which represents the getter for this property. |
| * Returns null if this property is write-only. |
| */ |
| public JMethod getGetter(); |
| } |