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+/**
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.model.assembly;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * A description of a property that can be used to configure a component.
+ */
+public interface Property extends Extensible {
+    // todo should we decalre this as Property<T> where T would be the type of this Property?
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the property name.
+     * @return the property name
+     */
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the property name.
+     * @param name the property name
+     */
+    void setName(String name);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the default value of the property.
+     * @return the default value of ths property
+     */
+    Object getDefaultValue();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the default value of the property.
+     * @param value the default value of ths property
+     */
+    void setDefaultValue(Object value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the property allows multiple values.
+     * @return true if the property allows multiple values
+     */
+    boolean isMany();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether or not the property allows multiple values.
+     * @param value true if the property should allow multiple values
+     */
+    void setMany(boolean value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if a value must be supplied for the property.
+     * @return true is a value must be supplied for the property
+     */
+    boolean isRequired();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether a value must be supplied for the property.
+     * For ease of use, it is recommended that a meaningful default value should
+     * be supplied for all properties; users should only be required to specify
+     * a value if there is no reasonable default.
+     *
+     * @param value set to true to require that a value be supplied for uses of this property
+     */
+    void setRequired(boolean value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the type of this property as used by the runtime.
+     * @return the type of this property as used by the runtime
+     */
+    Class<?> getType();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the type of this property as used by the runtime
+     * @param value the type of this property as used by the runtime
+     */
+    void setType(Class<?> value);
+
+}