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package net.sourceforge.htmlunit.xerces.xni;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * The Augmentations interface defines a table of additional data that may
 * be passed along the document pipeline. The information can contain extra
 * arguments or infoset augmentations, for example PSVI. This additional
 * information is identified by a String key.
 * 
 * Note:
 * Methods that receive Augmentations are required to copy the information
 * if it is to be saved for use beyond the scope of the method.
 * The Augmentations content is volatile, and maybe modified by any method in
 * any component in the pipeline. Therefore, methods passed this structure
 * should not save any reference to the structure.
 *
 * @author Elena Litani, IBM
 */

public interface Augmentations {
    /**
     * Add additional information identified by a key to the Augmentations structure.
     *
     * @param key    Identifier, can't be null
     * @param item   Additional information
     *
     * @return the previous value of the specified key in the Augmentations structure,
     *         or null if it did not have one.
     */
    Object put(String key, Object item);


    /**
     * Get information identified by a key from the Augmentations structure
     *
     * @param key    Identifier, can't be null
     *
     * @return the value to which the key is mapped in the Augmentations structure;
     *         null if the key is not mapped to any value.
     */
    Object get(String key);


    /**
     * @return an enumeration of the keys in the Augmentations structure
     */
    Set keys();

    /**
     * Remove all objects from the Augmentations structure.
     */
    void clear();
}