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/*
 * Copyright 2017 - 2024 the original author or authors.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package infra.beans;

import infra.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by bean metadata elements
 * that carry a configuration source object.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface BeanMetadataElement {

  /**
   * Return the configuration source {@code Object} for this metadata element
   * (may be {@code null}).
   */
  @Nullable
  default Object getSource() {
    return null;
  }

}