01: // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation
02: //
03: // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
04: // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
05: // You may obtain a copy of the License at
06: //
07: // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
08: //
09: // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10: // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
11: // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
12: // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
13: // limitations under the License.
14:
15: package org.apache.hivemind;
16:
17: /**
18: * An attribute that may be attached to a {@link org.apache.hivemind.Element}.
19: * Namespaces not (yet) supported. Some assumptions are made that Attribute objects
20: * are immutable (name and value will not change once created, or at least, once
21: * added to an Element).
22: *
23: * @author Howard Lewis Ship
24: */
25: public interface Attribute {
26: /**
27: * Returns the name of the attribute.
28: */
29: public String getName();
30:
31: /**
32: * Returns the value of the attribute.
33: */
34: public String getValue();
35: }
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