ValueProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.che.api.project.server;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Provides access to the value of attribute of Project.
 *
 * @author andrew00x
 * @author gazarenkov
 */
public interface ValueProvider {

    /** Gets value. */
    List<String> getValues(String attributeName) throws ValueStorageException;

    /**
     * Sets value.
     * The method should also takes care about creating persistent storage for values if needed.
     * For instance create file for attributes if not found etc.
     *
     **/
    void setValues(String attributeName, List<String> value) throws ValueStorageException, InvalidValueException;
}