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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5;
    016
    017import java.lang.reflect.Method;
    018import java.lang.reflect.Type;
    019
    020import org.apache.tapestry5.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 {@link Binding2}.
    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}