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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* 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; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* 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.
* As a special exception to the terms and conditions of version 2.0 of
* the GPL, you may redistribute this Program in connection with Free/Libre
* and Open Source Software ("FLOSS") applications as described in Alfresco's
* FLOSS exception. You should have recieved a copy of the text describing
* the FLOSS exception, and it is also available here:
* http://www.alfresco.com/legal/licensing"
*/
package org.alfresco.service.cmr.attributes;
import java.util.List;
/**
* This provides services for reading, writing, and querying global attributes.
* @author britt
*/
public interface AttributeService
{
/**
* Get a Global Attribute.
* @param path The path of the Attribute. Attribute paths are of the form
* {name}({name}|[index])*
* @return The value of the attribute or null.
*/
public Object getValue(String path);
/**
* Set a Global Attribute. Overwrites if it exists.
* @param name The name of the Attribute.
* @param value The value to set.
*/
public void setValue(String path, Object value);
/**
* Remove an Attribute.
* @param name The name of the Attribute.
*/
public void removeValue(String path);
/**
* Query for a list of attributes which are contained in the container
* defined by the given path and meet the query criteria.
* @param path
* @param query
* @return A List of matching attributes.
*/
public List<Object> query(String path, AttrQuery query);
}