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/*
 NeoDatis ODB : Native Object Database ([email protected])
 Copyright (C) 2007 NeoDatis Inc. http://www.neodatis.org

 "This file is part of the NeoDatis ODB open source object database".

 NeoDatis ODB is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 NeoDatis ODB 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.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */

package org.neodatis.odb;

/**
 * used to give the user an instance of an object representation, level2. The
 * Object Representation encapsulates the NonNativeObjectInfo which is the
 * internal object representation. This is used in the Server triggers.
 * 
 * @author olivier
 * 
 */
public interface ObjectRepresentation {

	/**
	 * Retrieves the oid of the object
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	OID getOid();

	/**
	 * Retrieves the full object class name
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	String getObjectClassName();

	/**
	 * Return the value of a specific attribute
	 * 
	 * @param attributeName
	 * @return
	 */
	Object getValueOf(String attributeName);

	/**
	 * Sets the value of a specific attribute
	 * 
	 * @param attributeName
	 * @param value
	 */
	void setValueOf(String attributeName, Object value);
}