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.bean;
017    
018    import org.apache.commons.clazz.Clazz;
019    
020    /**
021     * <code>Bean</code> is an interface that should be implemented by beans, or
022     * classes that can make themselves appear to be beans.
023     *
024     * @author <a href="mailto:scolebourne@apache.org">Stephen Colebourne</a>
025     * @version $Id: Bean.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $
026     */
027    public interface Bean {
028        
029        /**
030         * Gets the Clazz for the bean.
031         * 
032         * @return the meta bean for the bean
033         */
034        Clazz getClazz();
035    
036    
037        Object get(String propertyName);
038        
039        void set(String propertyName, Object value);
040        
041    }