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017package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec;
018
019/**
020 * A mechanism to provide the {@link ObjectSpecification type} of a
021 * (stand-alone) collection.
022 * 
023 * <p>
024 * Introduced to decouple the <tt>facets</tt> package from the <tt>spec</tt>
025 * package.
026 */
027public interface ElementSpecificationProvider {
028
029    public ObjectSpecification getElementType();
030}