alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/lookups/PropertyLookup.java

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package org.alfresco.rest.api.lookups;


import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Looks up property values for the api
 *
 * @author Gethin James
 */
public interface PropertyLookup<T extends Object>
{
    /**
     * The list of property keys that are supported by this class
     * @return Set<String> property keys
     */
    public Set<String> supports();

    /**
     * Lookup the property value with a new value.
     * @param propertyValue
     * @return a new value or null if the property value isn't found.
     */
    public T lookup(String propertyValue);
}