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014
015package org.apache.tapestry5.beanmodel;
016
017import java.lang.reflect.Method;
018import java.lang.reflect.Type;
019
020import org.apache.tapestry5.beanmodel.services.PropertyConduitSource;
021
022
023/**
024 * Extension to {@link PropertyConduit} that adds a method to access the generic property type.
025 * {@link PropertyConduitSource} instances should ideally return PropertyConduit2 objects, not PropertyConduit.
026 * This is only primarily of interest to <a href="https://tapestry.apache.org/current/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/Binding2.html">Binding2</a>.
027 * 
028 * @since 5.4
029 */
030public interface PropertyConduit2 extends PropertyConduit
031{
032    /**
033     * Returns the generic type of the property
034     * 
035     * @see Method#getGenericReturnType()
036     * @see java.lang.reflect.Field#getGenericType()
037     * 
038     */
039    Type getPropertyGenericType();
040}