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 java.util.List; 019 020 /** 021 * Performs introspection for one kind of property - scalar, indexed, mapped, 022 * etc. In the process of introspection ReflectedClazz invokes 023 * ReflectedPropertyIntrospectors one after another, discovering properties of 024 * one kind at a time. 025 * 026 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a> 027 * @version $Id: ReflectedPropertyIntrospector.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $ 028 */ 029 public interface ReflectedPropertyIntrospector { 030 031 /** 032 * Find methods and fields constituting properties of the 033 * corresponding kind. Create ClazzProperty objects and 034 * return them as a list. The clazz may already 035 * have been populated with properties created by other methods. 036 */ 037 List introspectProperties(ReflectedClazz clazz, Class javaClass); 038 }