| /* |
| * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more |
| * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with |
| * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. |
| * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with |
| * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| * |
| */ |
| package org.apache.ivy.util.extendable; |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| public interface ExtendableItem { |
| /** |
| * Gets the value of an attribute Can be used to access the value of a standard attribute (like |
| * organisation, revision) or of an extra attribute. |
| * |
| * @param attName |
| * the name of the attribute to get |
| * @return the value of the attribute, null if the attribute doesn't exist |
| */ |
| String getAttribute(String attName); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the value of an extra attribute Can be used only to access the value of an extra |
| * attribute, not a standard one (like organisation, revision) |
| * |
| * @param attName |
| * the name of the extra attribute to get. This name can be either qualified or |
| * unqualified. |
| * @return the value of the attribute, null if the attribute doesn't exist |
| */ |
| String getExtraAttribute(String attName); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a Map of all attributes of this extendable item, including standard and extra ones. |
| * The Map keys are attribute names as Strings, and values are corresponding attribute values |
| * (as String too). Extra attributes are included in unqualified form only. |
| * |
| * @return A Map instance containing all the attributes and their values. |
| */ |
| Map<String, String> getAttributes(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a Map of all extra attributes of this extendable item. The Map keys are |
| * <b>unqualified</b> attribute names as Strings, and values are corresponding attribute values |
| * (as String too) |
| * |
| * @return A Map instance containing all the extra attributes and their values. |
| * @see #getQualifiedExtraAttributes() |
| */ |
| Map<String, String> getExtraAttributes(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a Map of all extra attributes of this extendable item. |
| * <p> |
| * The Map keys are <b>qualified</b> attribute names as Strings, and values are corresponding |
| * attribute values (as String too). |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * An attribute name is qualified with a namespace exactly the same way xml attributes are |
| * qualified. Thus qualified attribute names are of the form <code>prefix:name</code> |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @return A Map instance containing all the extra attributes and their values. |
| * @see #getExtraAttributes() |
| */ |
| Map<String, String> getQualifiedExtraAttributes(); |
| } |