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*
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package com.evolveum.midpoint.prism;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.path.ItemPath;
/**
* Interface for objects that behave like an item: they have a name and may have a definition.
*
* Currently provides common abstraction on top of Item and ItemDelta, as both can hold values and
* construct them in a similar way.
*
* Also used for ValueFilter, although semantics of e.g. getPath() is quite different in this case.
*
* @author Radovan Semancik
*
*/
public interface Itemable {
QName getElementName();
ItemDefinition getDefinition();
PrismContext getPrismContext();
ItemPath getPath();
}