/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2013 Ericsson
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
* available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
* accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Simon Delisle - Initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package fr.inria.linuxtools.tmf.core.event;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Interface for events to implement to provide information about custom
* attributes.
*
* @author Simon Delisle
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ITmfCustomAttributes {
/**
* List the custom attributes of this event.
*
* @return The list of custom attribute names. Should not be null, but could
* be empty.
*/
Set<String> listCustomAttributes();
/**
* Get the value of a custom attribute.
*
* @param name
* Name of the the custom attribute
* @return Value of this attribute, or null if there is no attribute with
* that name
*/
String getCustomAttribute(String name);
}