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+package com.netscape.certsrv.dbs;
+
+/**
+ * An interface representing a dynamic attribute mapper.
+ * A dynamic mapper has knowledge on how to convert a set of dynamically
+ * assigned db attribute into zero or more dynamically assigned LDAP
+ * attributes, and vice versa.
+ * <P>
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ */
+public interface IDBDynAttrMapper extends IDBAttrMapper {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the LDAP attribute can be mapped by this
+     * dynamic mapper.
+     *
+     * @param attrName LDAP attribute name to check
+     * @return a list of supported attribute names
+     */
+    public boolean supportsLDAPAttributeName(String attrName);
+}