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package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.ddl;
import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanProperty;
/**
* Visitor pattern for visiting a BeanDescriptor and potentially all its bean
* properties.
*/
public interface BeanVisitor {
/**
* Starting.
*/
public void visitBegin();
/**
* Visit a BeanDescriptor and return true to continue visiting the bean
* (return false to skip visiting this bean).
*/
public boolean visitBean(BeanDescriptor descriptor);
/**
* Visit a property potentially return a specific PropertyVisitor.
*
* A PropertyVisitor can be returned to more easily process bean properties
* by their specific type.
*
*/
public PropertyVisitor visitProperty(BeanProperty p);
/**
* Finished visiting the BeanDescriptor.
*/
public void visitBeanEnd(BeanDescriptor descriptor);
/**
* Finished all visiting.
*/
public void visitEnd();
}