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package org.xmldb.api.base;

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/**
 * Provides the ability to configure properties about an object.
 */
public interface Configurable {

   /**
    * Returns the value of the property identified by name.
    *
    * @param name the name of the property to retrieve.
    * @return the property value or null if no property exists.
    * @exception XMLDBException with expected error codes.
    *  ErrorCodes.VENDOR_ERROR for any vendor
    *  specific errors that occur.
    */
   String getProperty(String name) throws XMLDBException;

   /**
    * Sets the property name to have the value provided in 
    * value.
    *
    * @param name the name of the property to set.
    * @param value the value to set for the property.
    * @exception XMLDBException with expected error codes.
    *  ErrorCodes.VENDOR_ERROR for any vendor
    *  specific errors that occur.
    */
   void setProperty(String name, String value) throws XMLDBException;
}