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19 package javax.faces.view.facelets;
20
21 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
22 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
23
24 /**
25 * Information used with MetaRule for determining how and what Metadata should be wired.
26 */
27 public abstract class MetadataTarget
28 {
29 /**
30 * @param name
31 * @return
32 */
33 public abstract PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name);
34
35 /**
36 * @param name
37 * @return
38 */
39 public abstract Class getPropertyType(String name);
40
41 /**
42 * @param name
43 * @return
44 */
45 public abstract Method getReadMethod(String name);
46
47 /**
48 * @return
49 */
50 public abstract Class getTargetClass();
51
52 /**
53 * @param name
54 * @return
55 */
56 public abstract Method getWriteMethod(String name);
57
58 /**
59 * @param type
60 * @return
61 */
62 public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(Class type);
63 }