/**

  * Copyright 2005-2013 Dozer Project

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  * limitations under the License.

  */

 package org.dozer.propertydescriptor;

 import org.dozer.fieldmap.FieldMap;

 /**

  * Internal property descriptor interface. Only intended for internal use.  Dozer property descriptors are used

  * to read and write the actual field mapping values on the target objects.

  * 

  * @author garsombke.franz

  */

 public interface DozerPropertyDescriptor {

   Class<?> getPropertyType();

   Object getPropertyValue(Object bean);

   void setPropertyValue(Object bean, Object value, FieldMap fieldMap);

   /**

    * Determines generic parameter type

    * @return For Type<Parameter> returns Parameter class, should return null if can't determine type

    */

   Class<?> genericType();

 }