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package com.sun.xml.bind;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;

import com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.reflect.Accessor;

/**
 * A means to allow the user to provide customized Accessor  
 * to be used by JAXB. 
 */
public interface AccessorFactory {
    /**
     * Access a field of the class. 
     *
     * @param bean the class to be processed.
     * @param f the field within the class to be accessed.
     * @param readOnly  the isStatic value of the field's modifier.
     * @return Accessor the accessor for this field
     *
     * @throws JAXBException reports failures of the method.
     */
    Accessor createFieldAccessor(Class bean, Field f, boolean readOnly) throws JAXBException;
    
    /**
     * Access a property of the class.
     *
     * @param bean the class to be processed
     * @param getter the getter method to be accessed. The value can be null.
     * @param setter the setter method to be accessed. The value can be null.
     * @return Accessor the accessor for these methods
     *
     * @throws JAXBException reports failures of the method.     
     */
    Accessor createPropertyAccessor(Class bean, Method getter, Method setter) throws JAXBException;
}