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 *                    BioJava development code
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package org.biojava.bio;

import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.util.Map;

import org.biojava.utils.BeanAsMap;

/**
 * Create an Annotation with properties matching those of a JavaBean instance.
 * <em>Note: this class is experimental and only partialy implemented.</em>
 *
 * @since 1.3
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */

public class BeanAsAnnotation extends AbstractAnnotation {
  private Map properties;
  
  protected final Map getProperties() {
    return properties;
  }
  
  protected final boolean propertiesAllocated() {
    return true;
  }
  
  /**
   * Create a new BeanAsAnnotation for a bean.
   *
   * @param bean the JavaBean to view
   * @throws IntrospectionException  if the bean could not be introspected
   */
  public BeanAsAnnotation(Object bean)
  throws IntrospectionException {
    properties = new BeanAsMap(bean);
  }
}