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/*
 * Javassist, a Java-bytecode translator toolkit.
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Shigeru Chiba. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
 * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later.
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
 * License.
 */

package javassist.tools.reflect;

/**
 * An interface to access a metaobject and a class metaobject.
 * This interface is implicitly implemented by the reflective
 * class.
 */
public interface Metalevel {
    /**
     * Obtains the class metaobject associated with this object.
     */
    ClassMetaobject _getClass();

    /**
     * Obtains the metaobject associated with this object.
     */
    Metaobject _getMetaobject();

    /**
     * Changes the metaobject associated with this object.
     */
    void _setMetaobject(Metaobject m);
}