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  * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

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 package org.apache.commons.clazz.common;

 import org.apache.commons.clazz.Clazz;

 import org.apache.commons.clazz.ClazzFeature;

 /**

  * Maintains common behavior of various implementations of ClazzFeature.

  *  

  * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>

  * @version $Id: ClazzFeatureSupport.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $

  */

 public abstract class ClazzFeatureSupport

         extends ClazzElementSupport 

         implements ClazzFeature 

 {

     private Clazz declaringClazz;

     /**

      * Constructor for ClazzFeature.

      */

     public ClazzFeatureSupport(Clazz declaringClazz) {

         if (declaringClazz == null) {

             throw new NullPointerException("Declaring Clazz cannot be null");

         }

         this.declaringClazz = declaringClazz;

     }

     /**

      * @see org.apache.commons.clazz.ClazzFeature#getDeclaringClazz()

      */

     public Clazz getDeclaringClazz() {

         return declaringClazz;

     }

 }