/**
* Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
* Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
*/
package org.gatein.mop.api;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* <p>This interface extends a map to provide convenient method for dealing with attribute values in a type safe manner
* when the interface client knows the type of an attribute and wants to deal with it accordingly.</p>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a>
* @version $Revision$
*/
public interface Attributes
{
Set<String> getKeys();
String getString(String name);
void setString(String name, String value);
Boolean getBoolean(String name);
void setBoolean(String name, Boolean value);
Integer getInteger(String name);
void setInteger(String name, Integer value);
Date getDate(String name);
void setDate(String name, Date value);
Double getDouble(String name);
void setDouble(String name, Double value);
Object getObject(String name);
<T> void setObject(String name, T value);
ValueType<?> getType(String name);
<T> T getValue(Key<T> key);
<T> T getValue(Key<T> key, T defaultValue);
<T> void setValue(Key<T> key, T value);
}