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 java.util.List; 19 20 /** 21 * Performs introspection for one kind of property - scalar, indexed, mapped, 22 * etc. In the process of introspection ReflectedClazz invokes 23 * ReflectedPropertyIntrospectors one after another, discovering properties of 24 * one kind at a time. 25 * 26 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a> 27 * @version $Id: ReflectedPropertyIntrospector.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $ 28 */ 29 public interface ReflectedPropertyIntrospector { 30 31 /** 32 * Find methods and fields constituting properties of the 33 * corresponding kind. Create ClazzProperty objects and 34 * return them as a list. The clazz may already 35 * have been populated with properties created by other methods. 36 */ 37 List introspectProperties(ReflectedClazz clazz, Class javaClass); 38 }