Source for java.beans.beancontext.BeanContextProxy

   1: /* java.beans.beancontext.BeanContextProxy
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.beans.beancontext;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * Beans that wish to have a <code>BeanContextChild</code> or <code>BeanContext</code> associated with them
  43:  * but do not wish to implement those interfaces directly, can implement this interface.
  44:  * <P>
  45:  *
  46:  * Don't shoot yourself in the foot: if you already implement
  47:  * <code>BeanContextChild</code>, directly or indirectly, the whole
  48:  * workings of this package will be unpredictable because it is
  49:  * indeterminate as to whether the <code>BeanContextChild</code> is used
  50:  * in preference to its proxy or vice versa.
  51:  *
  52:  * @author John Keiser
  53:  * @since JDK1.2
  54:  */
  55: 
  56: public interface BeanContextProxy {
  57:         /**
  58:          * Return the <code>BeanContextChild</code> associated with this
  59:          * <code>Object</code>.
  60:          *
  61:          * @return the <code>BeanContextChild</code> associated with this
  62:          * <code>Object</code>.
  63:          */
  64:         BeanContextChild getBeanContextProxy();
  65: }