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package org.springframework.beans;
/**
* Interface to be implemented by bean metadata elements
* that carry a configuration source object.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface BeanMetadataElement {
/**
* Return the configuration source Object
for this metadata element
* (may be null
).
*/
Object getSource();
}