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  *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  *  You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

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  */

 package org.apache.commons.convert1.util;

 import java.util.Iterator;

 /**

  * Provides an inheritence sequence.

  */

 public interface Inheritor {

     /** 

      * Returns a sequence of Class objects.

      * The sequence must begin with the target and end 

      * with java.lang.Object.

      */

     public Iterator iterator();

     /**

      * Specify the Class upon which to generate a sequence. 

      */

     public void setTarget(Class target);

     /**

      * The Class upon which to generate a sequence. 

      */

     public Class getTarget();

 }