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Nyla Solutions Global Java API provides support for basic application utilities (application configuration, data encryption, debugger and text processing).

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package nyla.solutions.global.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

import nyla.solutions.global.data.Mappable;
import nyla.solutions.global.data.Nameable;

/**
 *  * Attribute provides a set of functions to
 *  
 * @author Gregory Green
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface Attribute extends Serializable, Mappable, Nameable
{
   /**
    * 
    * @return attribute name
    */
   public String getName();
   
   /**
    * 
    * @param aName the name
    */
   public void setName(String aName);
   
   /**
    * 
    * @param aValue the value
    */
   public void setValue(Serializable aValue);
   
   /**
    * 
    * @param aValue the property value
    * @return true if string version of the property value
    * equals (ignore case) aValue
    */
   public boolean equalsValueIgnoreCase(Object aValue);
   
}