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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<String> getElements();
}
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