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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
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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  }