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package jpos.profile;
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/**
* Defines a property type
* @since 1.3 (SF 2K meeting)
* @author E. Michael Maximilien (maxim@us.ibm.com)
*/
public interface PropType
{
/** @return a String representation of this PropType */
public String toString();
/** @return a String description of this PropType (can be HTML text) */
public String getDescription();
/** @return a Java class that defines this type */
public Class getJavaTypeClass();
/**
* @return true if the object passed is of this PropType
* @param obj the Java Object
*/
public boolean isValidValue( Object obj );
/**
* @return true if the PropValue passed is of this PropType
* @param propValue the PropValue
*/
public boolean isValidValue( PropValue obj );
}