org.dizitart.no2.meta.MetadataAware Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package org.dizitart.no2.meta;
/**
* Interface to be implemented by database objects that wish to be
* aware of their meta data.
*
* @author Anindya Chatterjee.
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface MetadataAware {
/**
* Returns the meta data attributes of an object.
*
* @return the meta data attributes.
* */
Attributes getAttributes();
/**
* Sets new meta data attributes.
*
* @param attributes new meta data attributes.
* */
void setAttributes(Attributes attributes);
}