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/* gvSIG. Geographic Information System of the Valencian Government
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Infrastructures and Transports Department
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* of the Valencian Government (CIT)
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
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* MA 02110-1301, USA.
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*
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*/
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/*
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* AUTHORS (In addition to CIT):
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* 2008 IVER T.I. S.A. {{Task}}
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*/
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package org.gvsig.fmap.dal; |
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import org.gvsig.tools.persistence.Persistent; |
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/**
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* This interface is a generic persistent parameter container. It is used in a variety
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* of contexts in which a set of arbitrary parameters is needed.
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*/
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public interface DataParameters extends Persistent { |
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/**
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* Returns the value of an attribute given its name.
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*
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* @param name
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* of the attribute
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* @return value of the attribute
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*/
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public Object getAttribute(String name); |
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/**
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* Sets the value of an attribute
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*
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* @param name of the attribute, if it exists it is overwritten, if it does not exist it
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* is added to the container.
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* @param value attribute's value
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* @return this
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*/
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public DataParameters setAttribute(String name, Object value); |
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/**
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* clears the parameter container.
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*/
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public void clear(); |
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/**
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* Creates and returns a new copy of this DataParameters.
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*
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* @return a new copy of this
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*/
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public DataParameters getCopy();
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} |