01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004-2006 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.compass.core.accessor;
18:
19: import java.io.Serializable;
20:
21: import org.compass.core.CompassException;
22:
23: /**
24: * Gets values of a particular attribute
25: * <p>
26: * Initial version taken from hibernate
27: * </p>
28: *
29: * @author kimchy
30: */
31: public interface Getter extends Serializable {
32: /**
33: * Get the property value from the given instance
34: */
35: Object get(Object target) throws CompassException;
36:
37: /**
38: * Get the declared Java type
39: */
40: Class getReturnType();
41:
42: /**
43: * Get the property name
44: */
45: String getName();
46: }
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