/*
* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
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package org.hibernate.property;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
/**
* Sets values to a particular property.
*
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface Setter extends Serializable {
/**
* Set the property value from the given instance
*
* @param target The instance upon which to set the given value.
* @param value The value to be set on the target.
* @param factory The session factory from which this request originated.
* @throws HibernateException
*/
public void set(Object target, Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) throws HibernateException;
/**
* Optional operation (return null)
*/
public String getMethodName();
/**
* Optional operation (return null)
*/
public Method getMethod();
}