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package org.jboss.deployers.spi.attachments;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * MutableAttachments.
 * 
 * @author <a href="adrian@jboss.org">Adrian Brock</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 */
public interface MutableAttachments extends Attachments
{
   /**
    * Add attachment
    *
    * @param name the name of the attachment
    * @param attachment the attachment
    * @return any previous attachment
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null name or attachment
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when not supported by the implementation
    */
   Object addAttachment(String name, Object attachment);

   /**
    * Add attachment
    *
    * @param <T> the expected type
    * @param name the name of the attachment
    * @param attachment the attachment
    * @param expectedType the expected type
    * @return any previous attachment
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null name, attachment or expectedType
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when not supported by the implementation
    */
   <T> T addAttachment(String name, T attachment, Class<T> expectedType);

   /**
    * Add attachment
    *
    * @param <T> the expected type
    * @param attachment the attachment
    * @param type the type
    * @return any previous attachment
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null name, attachment or type
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when not supported by the implementation
    */
   <T> T addAttachment(Class<T> type, T attachment);

   /**
    * Remove attachment
    * 
    * @param name the name of the attachment
    * @return the attachment or null if not present
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null name
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when not supported by the implementation
    */
   Object removeAttachment(String name);

   /**
    * Remove attachment
    * 
    * @param <T> the expected type
    * @param name the name of the attachment
    * @return the attachment or null if not present
    * @param expectedType the expected type
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null name or expectedType
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when not supported by the implementation
    */
   <T> T removeAttachment(String name, Class<T> expectedType);

   /**
    * Remove attachment
    * 
    * @param <T> the expected type
    * @return the attachment or null if not present
    * @param type the type
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null name or type
    */
   <T> T removeAttachment(Class<T> type);

   /**
    * Set the attachments
    * 
    * @param map the new attachments a map of names to attachments
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException for a null map
    */
   void setAttachments(Map<String, Object> map);

   /**
    * Clear the attachments
    * 
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when not supported by the implementation
    */
   void clear();

   /**
    * Get the number of changes that have happened.
    * 
    * @return number of adds/removes that have happened since creation or clearChangeCount.
    */
   int getChangeCount();

   /**
    * Reset the change count to zero.
    */
   void clearChangeCount();
}