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* Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
*
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package net.sf.beanlib.spi;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Used to control if a JavaBean property should be propagated.
*
* @author Joe D. Velopar
*/
public interface PropertyFilter {
/**
* Returns true if the given JavaBean property should be propagated; false otherwise.
*
* @param propertyName JavaBean property name.
* @param readerMethod reader method of the JavaBean property name.
* @return true if the given JavaBean property should be propagated.
*/
public boolean propagate(String propertyName, Method readerMethod);
}