alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/attributes/Attribute.java

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package org.alfresco.repo.attributes;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.alfresco.repo.domain.DbAccessControlList;

/**
 * Interface for polymorphic attributes.
 * @author britt
 */
public interface Attribute extends Serializable
{
    public static enum Type implements Serializable
    {
        BOOLEAN,
        BYTE,
        SHORT,
        INT,
        LONG,
        FLOAT,
        DOUBLE,
        STRING,
        SERIALIZABLE,
        MAP
    };
    
    /**
     * Set the ACL on this Attribute.
     * @param acl The ACL.
     */
    public void setAcl(DbAccessControlList acl);
    
    /**
     * Get the (possibly null ACL) on this Attribute.
     * @return The ACL or null.
     */
    public DbAccessControlList getAcl();
    
    /**
     * Get the value type for this node.
     * @return
     */
    public Type getType();

    /**
     * Set a boolean value.
     * @param value The value.
     */
    public void setBooleanValue(boolean value);
    
    /**
     * Get the value of a BooleanValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public boolean getBooleanValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a byte value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setByteValue(byte value);
    
    /**
     * Get the value of a ByteValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public byte getByteValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a short value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setShortValue(short value);
    
    /**
     * Get the value of a ShortValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public short getShortValue();
    
    /**
     * Set an integer value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setIntValue(int value);
    
    /**
     * Get the integer value of an IntValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public int getIntValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a long value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setLongValue(long value);
    
    /**
     * Get the long value of a LongValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public long getLongValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a float value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setFloatValue(float value);
    
    /**
     * Get the value of a FloatValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public float getFloatValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a double value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setDoubleValue(double value);
    
    /**
     * Get a double value from a DoubleValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public double getDoubleValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a String value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setStringValue(String value);
    
    /**
     * Get a String value from a StringValue.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public String getStringValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a Blob value.
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setBlobValue(byte[] value);
    
    /**
     * Get a Blob value from a BlobValue
     * @return The value.
     */
    public byte[] getBlobValue();
    
    /**
     * Set a Serializable value.
     * @param value
     */
    public void setSerializableValue(Serializable value);
    
    /**
     * Get a Seriailizable value from a SerializableValue
     * @return The value.
     */
    public Serializable getSerializableValue();
    
    /**
     * Clear a map.
     */
    public void clear();
    
    /**
     * Add an entry to a map.
     * @param key The key to the entry.
     * @param value The Value of the entry.
     */
    public void put(String key, Attribute value);
    
    /**
     * Get the Value for a key in a map.
     * @param key The key.
     * @return The value.
     */
    public Attribute get(String key);
    
    /**
     * Remove an entry by key from a map.
     * @param key The key of the entry to remove.
     */
    public void remove(String key);
    
    /**
     * Get the entry set for a map.
     * @return The entry set.
     */
    public Set<Map.Entry<String, Attribute>> entrySet(); 
    
    /**
     * Get the key set for a map.
     * @return The key set.
     */
    public Set<String> keySet();
    
    /**
     * Get the collection of values of a map.
     * @return The values.
     */
    public Collection<Attribute> values();
}