001    /*
002     * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.apache.commons.clazz;
017    
018    /**
019     * 
020     * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>
021     * @version $Id: ClazzAttribute.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $
022     */
023    public interface ClazzAttribute {
024    
025        /**
026         * An attribute has a name, perhaps qualified. For example,
027         * if you have an attribute like @javabean.property name="foo", the
028         * attribute name will be "javabean.property.name"
029         */    
030        String getName();
031        
032        /**
033         * Returns the attribute value.
034         */
035        Object getValue();
036    }