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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.BindingFactory;
    021
    022/**
    023 * Extension to {@link Binding} that adds a method to access the generic property type.
    024 * {@link BindingFactory} instances should ideally return Binding2 objects, not Binding.
    025 * This is only primarily of interest to {@link ComponentResources}.
    026 *
    027 * @since 5.4
    028 */
    029public interface Binding2 extends Binding
    030{
    031    /**
    032     * Returns the generic type of the binding
    033     *
    034     * @see Method#getGenericReturnType()
    035     * @see java.lang.reflect.Field#getGenericType()
    036     */
    037    Type getBindingGenericType();
    038}