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package org.jboss.ejb.plugins.cmp.bridge;
import org.jboss.ejb.EntityEnterpriseContext;
/**
* FieldBridge represents one field for one entity.
*
* Life-cycle:
* Tied to the EntityBridge.
*
* Multiplicity:
* One for each entity bean field.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:dain@daingroup.com">Dain Sundstrom</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@jboss.org">Alex Loubyansky</a>
* @version $Revision: 81030 $
*/
public interface FieldBridge {
/**
* Gets the name of this field.
* @return the name of this field
*/
public String getFieldName();
/**
* Gets the value of this field for the specified instance context.
* @param ctx the context for which this field's value should be fetched
* @return the value of this field
*/
public Object getValue(EntityEnterpriseContext ctx);
/**
* Sets the value of this field for the specified instance context.
* @param ctx the context for which this field's value should be set
* @param value the new value of this field
*/
public void setValue(EntityEnterpriseContext ctx, Object value);
}