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    }