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package org.glassfish.ha.store.spi;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* For each attribute A of type T in a.b.X, a.b.X_ contains a (static) field whose
* type is AttributeMetadata. AttributeMetadata describes the attribute
* by giving its (java) type, name etc.
*
* @param The StoreEntry that this AttributeMetadata belongs to
* @param The Java type of the Attribute that this Metadata represents
*
* @author [email protected]
* @aauthor [email protected]
*/
public interface AttributeMetadata {
public String getName();
/**
* Get the java type of this attribute
*
* @return
*/
public Class getAttributeType();
//The getter method to access the value
public Method getGetterMethod();
//The setter method to set the value
public Method getSetterMethod();
public boolean isVersionAttribute();
public boolean isHashKeyAttribute();
}