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.reflect;
017    
018    import org.apache.commons.clazz.ClazzProperty;
019    
020    /**
021     * The  same reflected property may have more than one name.  For example, if we
022     * have two methods: <code>Map getAuthors()</code> and <code>String getAuthor
023     * (String)</code>, they both map to the same property, which then has two
024     * names: "author" and "authors".
025     * 
026     * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>
027     * @version $Id: ReflectedProperty.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $
028     */
029    public interface ReflectedProperty extends ClazzProperty {
030        /**
031         * Alternative names for the property.
032         */
033        String[] getAliases();    
034    }