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 }