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+package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Named;
+
+/**
+ * Simple value classes that contain definitions of properties,
+ * used during introspection of properties to use for
+ * serialization and deserialization purposes.
+ * These instances are created before actual {@link BeanProperty}
+ * instances are created, i.e. they are used earlier in the process
+ * flow, and are typically use to construct actual
+ * {@link BeanProperty} instances.
+ */
+public abstract class BeanPropertyDefinition
+    implements Named
+{
+    /*
+    /*****************************************************
+    /* Fluent factory methods for creating modified copies
+    /*****************************************************
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Method that can be used to create a definition with
+     * same settings as this one, but with different
+     * (external) name; that is, one for which
+     * {@link #getName()} would return <code>newName</code>.
+     */
+    public abstract BeanPropertyDefinition withName(String newName);
+    
+    /*
+    /*****************************************************
+    /* Basic property information, name, type
+    /*****************************************************
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Accessor for name used for external representation (in JSON).
+     */
+    @Override // from Named
+    public abstract String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Accessor that can be used to determine implicit name from underlying
+     * element(s) before possible renaming. This is the "internal"
+     * name derived from accessor ("x" from "getX"), and is not based on
+     * annotations or naming strategy.
+     */
+    public abstract String getInternalName();
+
+    /*
+    /*****************************************************
+    /* Capabilities
+    /*****************************************************
+     */
+
+    public boolean couldDeserialize() {
+        return getMutator() != null;
+    }
+    public boolean couldSerialize() {
+        return getAccessor() != null;
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    /*****************************************************
+    /* Access to accessors (fields, methods etc)
+    /*****************************************************
+     */
+    
+    public abstract boolean hasGetter();
+    public abstract boolean hasSetter();
+    public abstract boolean hasField();
+    public abstract boolean hasConstructorParameter();
+    
+    public abstract AnnotatedMethod getGetter();
+    public abstract AnnotatedMethod getSetter();
+    public abstract AnnotatedField getField();
+    public abstract AnnotatedParameter getConstructorParameter();
+
+    /**
+     * Method used to find accessor (getter, field to access) to use for accessing
+     * value of the property.
+     * Null if no such member exists.
+     */
+    public abstract AnnotatedMember getAccessor();
+
+    /**
+     * Method used to find mutator (constructor parameter, setter, field) to use for
+     * changing value of the property.
+     * Null if no such member exists.
+     */
+    public abstract AnnotatedMember getMutator();
+
+    /*
+    /*****************************************************
+    /* More refined access to configuration features
+    /* (usually based on annotations)
+    /*****************************************************
+     */
+    
+    /**
+     * Method used to find View-inclusion definitions for the property.
+     */
+    public Class<?>[] findViews() { return null; }
+
+    /**
+     * Method used to find whether property is part of a bi-directional
+     * reference.
+     */
+    public AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty findReferenceType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method used to check whether this logical property has marker(s)
+     * to indicate it should be used as the type id for polymorphic type
+     * handling.
+     */
+    public boolean isTypeId() {
+        return false;
+    }
+}