IMemberProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.expression;

/**
 * This interface may be implemented by any class that wants to provide easy
 * (high performance) access to its member to the expression evaluator. It
 * also gives the implementing class a way to hide or rename the members
 * otherwise accessible using getters.
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IMemberProvider {
	/**
	 * Returns the value for the specified member. Implementers can rely
	 * on that the <code>memberName</code> is a string that has been
	 * internalized using {@link String#intern()}.
	 * @param memberName The name of the member
	 * @return The member value.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the instance has no member with
	 * the given name.
	 */
	Object getMember(String memberName);
}