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  * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

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  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

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 package org.apache.commons.clazz.reflect;

 import java.util.List;

 /**

  * Performs introspection for one kind of property - scalar, indexed, mapped,

  * etc.  In the process of introspection ReflectedClazz invokes 

  * ReflectedPropertyIntrospectors one after another, discovering properties of

  * one kind at a time.

  * 

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

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

  */

 public interface ReflectedPropertyIntrospector {

     /**

      * Find methods and fields constituting properties of the

      * corresponding kind.  Create ClazzProperty objects and 

      * return them as a list.  The clazz may already 

      * have been populated with properties created by other methods.

      */

     List introspectProperties(ReflectedClazz clazz, Class javaClass);

 }