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// D a t a _ s t r u c t u r e                                                                 Java
// E x t e n s i o n
// P r o p e r t y
//                                                                                By Bruno Bachelet
//==================================================================================================
// Copyright (c) 1999-2016
// Bruno Bachelet - bruno@nawouak.net - http://www.nawouak.net
//
// This file is part of the B++ Library. This library is free software; you can redistribute it
// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the
// Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
// version.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
// without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
// the GNU Library General Public License for more details (http://www.gnu.org).

/*DESCRIPTION*/
/* This module provides an interface to model an additional property to attach to an object. */

// Package //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
package bpp.data_structure.extension;

// Importation //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// P r o p e r t y  Interface //--------------------------------------------------------------------
/*CLASS Property */
/* Represents a property that can be attached to an object of class <CODE>ExtendableObject</CODE>.
   It models an additional attribute that can be defined for this object. It is an interface. */
public interface Property {
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Duplicate
 /*AMETHOD Property */ /* Duplicates the property. */
 public Property duplicate(); //
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ToString
 /*AMETHOD Property */ /* Returns a string that fully describes the state of the property. */
 public String toString(); //
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FromString
 /*AMETHOD Property */
 /* Changes the state of the property according to the description provided by a given string. */
 public void fromString(String agString) throws Exception; //
}

// End //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------