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  package org.apache.cayenne;
  
  /**
   *
   * @since 4.2
   */
  public interface EmbeddableObject {
  
      /**
       * Modifies a value of a named property without altering the object state in any way,
       * and without triggering any database operations. This method is intended mostly for
       * internal use by Cayenne framework, and shouldn't be called from the application
       * code.
       */
      void writePropertyDirectly(String propertyName, Object val);
  
      /**
       * Returns mapped property value as currently stored in the PersistentObject. Returned value
       * maybe a fault or a real value. This method will not attempt to resolve faults, or
       * to read unmapped properties.
       */
      Object readPropertyDirectly(String propertyName);
  
  }
  