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013package org.apache.juneau;
014
015/**
016 * Defines extended language-specific metadata associated with a bean.
017 *
018 * <p>
019 * Serializers and parsers can implement their own language-specific metadata on a bean and retrieve the metadata using
020 * the {@link BeanMeta#getExtendedMeta(Class)} method.
021 */
022public class BeanMetaExtended {
023
024   private final BeanMeta<?> bm;
025
026   /**
027    * Constructor.
028    *
029    * @param bm The metadata of the bean we're extending.
030    * @throws BeanRuntimeException If any error occurred trying to construct the metadata.
031    */
032   public BeanMetaExtended(BeanMeta<?> bm) throws BeanRuntimeException {
033      this.bm = bm;
034   }
035
036   /**
037    * Returns the bean metadata that was passed into the constructor.
038    *
039    * @return The bean metadata that was passed into the constructor.
040    */
041   protected BeanMeta<?> getBeanMeta() {
042      return bm;
043   }
044}