1 /*
2 * Copyright 2003-2004 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.convert1.util;
17
18 import java.util.Iterator;
19
20 /**
21 * Provides an inheritence sequence.
22 */
23 public interface Inheritor {
24
25 /**
26 * Returns a sequence of Class objects.
27 * The sequence must begin with the target and end
28 * with java.lang.Object.
29 */
30 public Iterator iterator();
31
32 /**
33 * Specify the Class upon which to generate a sequence.
34 */
35 public void setTarget(Class target);
36
37 /**
38 * The Class upon which to generate a sequence.
39 */
40 public Class getTarget();
41
42 }