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016package de.cuioss.tools.formatting.template;
017
018import java.io.Serializable;
019import java.util.List;
020import java.util.Map;
021
022/**
023 * Provides runtime-information about a bean without resorting to reflection.
024 *
025 * @author Eugen Fischer
026 */
027public interface FormatterSupport {
028
029    /**
030     * Allow easier access to available properties. Order of available properties
031     * and their values has no effect.
032     *
033     * @return Map<String, Serializable> of property name -> property Value for
034     *         <b>non</b> {@code null} properties
035     */
036    Map<String, Serializable> getAvailablePropertyValues();
037
038    /**
039     * @return list of all supported properties
040     */
041    List<String> getSupportedPropertyNames();
042
043}