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This is the master POM file for Oracle's Implementation of the JSF 2.2 Specification.
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package javax.faces.view.facelets;

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

/**
 * Information used with {@link MetaRule}
 * for determining how and what {@link Metadata} should be wired.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class MetadataTarget {

    /**
     * Return a beans
     * PropertyDescriptor for the property with name given
     * by argument name.
     * @param name the name of the property for which the
     * PropertyDescriptor must be returned.
     */
    public abstract PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name);

    /**
     * Return true if the target for this
     * metadata element is an instance of the argument
     * type.
     * @param type the Class to test for the instance of.
     */
    public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(Class type);

    /**
     * Return the Class of the
     * metadata target.
     */
    public abstract Class getTargetClass();

    /**
     * Return a 
     * Class for the property with name given
     * by argument name.
     * @param name the name of the property for which the
     * Class must be returned.
     */
    public abstract Class getPropertyType(String name);

    /**
     * Return a Method for the
     * setter of the property with name given by argument
     * name.
     * @param name the name of the property for which the
     * Method must be returned.
     */
    public abstract Method getWriteMethod(String name);

    /**
     * Return a Method for the
     * getter of the property with name given by argument
     * name.
     * @param name the name of the property for which the
     * Method must be returned.
     */
    public abstract Method getReadMethod(String name);

}