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 package javax.faces.view.facelets;

 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;

 import java.lang.reflect.Method;

 /**

  * Information used with MetaRule for determining how and what Metadata should be wired.

  */

 public abstract class MetadataTarget

 {

     /**

      * @param name

      * @return

      */

     public abstract PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name);

     /**

      * @param name

      * @return

      */

     public abstract Class getPropertyType(String name);

     /**

      * @param name

      * @return

      */

     public abstract Method getReadMethod(String name);

     /**

      * @return

      */

     public abstract Class getTargetClass();

     /**

      * @param name

      * @return

      */

     public abstract Method getWriteMethod(String name);

     /**

      * @param type

      * @return

      */

     public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(Class type);

 }