01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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:
17: package org.springframework.beans;
18:
19: /**
20: * Interface to be implemented by bean metadata elements
21: * that carry a configuration source object.
22: *
23: * @author Juergen Hoeller
24: * @since 2.0
25: */
26: public interface BeanMetadataElement {
27:
28: /**
29: * Return the configuration source <code>Object</code> for this metadata element
30: * (may be <code>null</code>).
31: */
32: Object getSource();
33:
34: }
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