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/*
* Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2008, 2009). All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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*
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package org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Metadata for a Map based value.
*
*
* This is specified by the map element.
*
* @ThreadSafe
* @version $Revision: 7563 $
*/
public interface MapMetadata extends NonNullMetadata {
/**
* Return the name of the type of the map keys.
*
* This is specified by the key-type attribute of the map.
*
* @return The name of the type of the map keys, or null if
* none is specified.
*/
String getKeyType();
/**
* Return the name of the type of the map values.
*
* This is specified by the value-type attribute of the map.
*
* @return The name of the type of the map values, or null if
* none is specified.
*/
String getValueType();
/**
* Return the entries for the map.
*
* @return An immutable List of {@link MapEntry} objects for each entry in
* the map. The List is empty if no entries are specified for the
* map.
*/
List /* */getEntries();
}