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+// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+package com.netscape.certsrv.base;
+
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines the abstraction for the generic collection
+ * of attributes indexed by string names.
+ * Set of cooperating implementations of this interface may exploit
+ * dot-separated attribute names to provide seamless access to the
+ * attributes of attribute value  which also implements AttrSet
+ * interface as if it was direct attribute of the container
+ * E.g., ((AttrSet)container.get("x")).get("y") is equivalent to
+ * container.get("x.y");
+ * <p>
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ **/
+public interface IAttrSet extends Serializable {
+
+    /**
+     * Sets an attribute value within this AttrSet.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the attribute
+     * @param obj the attribute object.
+     * @exception EBaseException on attribute handling errors.
+     */
+    public void set(String name, Object obj)throws EBaseException;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets an attribute value.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the attribute to return.
+     * @exception EBaseException on attribute handling errors.
+     */
+    public Object get(String name) throws EBaseException;
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes an attribute value from this AttrSet.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the attribute to delete.
+     * @exception EBaseException on attribute handling errors.
+     */
+    public void delete(String name) throws EBaseException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an enumeration of the names of the attributes existing within
+     * this AttrSet.
+     *
+     * @return an enumeration of the attribute names.
+     */
+    public Enumeration getElements();
+}