/*
*
* SchemaCrawler
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
* Copyright (c) 2000-2012, Sualeh Fatehi.
*
* This library 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 library 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
* library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
package schemacrawler.schema;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Represents a named object.
*
* @author Sualeh Fatehi
*/
public interface NamedObject
extends Serializable, Comparable<NamedObject>
{
/**
* Gets an attribute.
*
* @param name
* Attribute name.
* @return Attribute value.
*/
Object getAttribute(String name);
/**
* Gets an attribute.
*
* @param name
* Attribute name.
* @return Attribute value.
*/
<T> T getAttribute(String name, T defaultValue);
/**
* Gets all attributes.
*
* @return Map of attributes
*/
Map<String, Object> getAttributes();
/**
* Getter for fully qualified name of object.
*
* @return Fully qualified of the object
*/
String getFullName();
/**
* A value guaranteed to be unique in the database for this object.
*/
String getLookupKey();
/**
* Getter for name of object.
*
* @return Name of the object
*/
String getName();
/**
* Getter for remarks.
*
* @return Remarks
*/
String getRemarks();
/**
* Sets an attribute.
*
* @param name
* Attribute name
* @param value
* Attribute value
*/
void setAttribute(String name, Object value);
}