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package org.gradle.api.internal.provider;

import org.gradle.internal.service.scopes.Scope;
import org.gradle.internal.service.scopes.ServiceScope;

@ServiceScope({Scope.Global.class, Scope.Project.class})
public interface PropertyFactory {

    /**
     * If you are calling this, you are probably doing something wrong.
     */
    @Deprecated
    DefaultProperty<?> propertyWithNoType();

    /**
     * Creates a property with an arbitrary value type without applying the usual checks (like no {@code Property<Directory>}, etc.)
     *
     * @param type the type of the property value
     * @param <T> the type of the property value
     * @return the property
     * @deprecated Consider passing around the type information and using {@link #property(Class)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    <T> DefaultProperty<T> propertyOfAnyType(Class<T> type);

    <T> DefaultProperty<T> property(Class<T> type);

    <T> DefaultListProperty<T> listProperty(Class<T> elementType);

    <T> DefaultSetProperty<T> setProperty(Class<T> elementType);

    <V, K> DefaultMapProperty<K, V> mapProperty(Class<K> keyType, Class<V> valueType);
}
