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package jakarta.faces.view.facelets;

import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Information used with MetaRule for determining how and what Metadata should be wired.
 */
public abstract class MetadataTarget
{
    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name);

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Class getPropertyType(String name);

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Method getReadMethod(String name);

    /**
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Class getTargetClass();

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Method getWriteMethod(String name);

    /**
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(Class type);
}