1 /*
2 * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.apache.commons.clazz.reflect;
17
18 import org.apache.commons.clazz.ClazzProperty;
19
20 /**
21 * The same reflected property may have more than one name. For example, if we
22 * have two methods: <code>Map getAuthors()</code> and <code>String getAuthor
23 * (String)</code>, they both map to the same property, which then has two
24 * names: "author" and "authors".
25 *
26 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>
27 * @version $Id: ReflectedProperty.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $
28 */
29 public interface ReflectedProperty extends ClazzProperty {
30 /**
31 * Alternative names for the property.
32 */
33 String[] getAliases();
34 }