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/**
 * DataCleaner (community edition)
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 *
 * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
 * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program 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.
 *
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 * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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 */
package org.datacleaner.metadata;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Represents any component that has metadata properties
 */
public interface HasMetadataProperties {

    /**
     * Gets metadata properties as a map.
     *
     * @return
     */
    Map getMetadataProperties();

    /**
     * Gets a metadata property by it's key
     *
     * @param key
     * @return
     */
    String getMetadataProperty(String key);
}