PropertyAccessor.java

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package org.compass.core.accessor;

/**
 * Abstracts the notion of a "property". Defines a strategy for accessing the
 * value of a class property.
 * <p>
 * Custom implementation can implement {@link org.compass.core.config.CompassConfiguration}
 * for external configuration settings.
 *
 * @author kimchy
 */
public interface PropertyAccessor {
    /**
     * Create a "getter" for the named attribute
     */
    public Getter getGetter(Class theClass, String propertyName) throws PropertyNotFoundException;

    /**
     * Create a "setter" for the named attribute
     */
    public Setter getSetter(Class theClass, String propertyName) throws PropertyNotFoundException;
}