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/*
 * JasperReports - Free Java Reporting Library.
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package net.sf.jasperreports.components.map;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExpression;

/**
 * The ItemProperty interface. An item property has a name (required) and a 
 * value provided either in a static way, using the value attribute, 
 * or dynamically, using a value expression.
 * 
 * @author Teodor Danciu ([email protected])
 * @deprecated Replaced by {@link net.sf.jasperreports.components.items.ItemProperty}.
 */
public interface ItemProperty extends JRCloneable
{

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the item property (required).
	 * @return the property name
	 */
	String getName();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the value attribute of the item property. Only 
	 * java.lang.String values are allowed for this attribute.
	 * @return the value attribute
	 */
	String getValue();
	
	/**
	 * Returns a {@link net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExpression JRExpression} representing 
	 * the value object for the item property. If present, it overrides the value given by 
	 * the value attribute.
	 * 
	 * @return the value expression
	 */
	JRExpression getValueExpression();
	
}