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/* * Copyright (c) 1999, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code 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 General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */  package javax.naming.directory; import java.util.Hashtable;import java.util.Enumeration; import javax.naming.NamingException;import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration; /**  * This interface represents a collection of attributes.  *<p>  * In a directory, named objects can have associated with them  * attributes.  The Attributes interface represents a collection of attributes.  * For example, you can request from the directory the attributes  * associated with an object.  Those attributes are returned in  * an object that implements the Attributes interface.  *<p>  * Attributes in an object that implements the  Attributes interface are  * unordered. The object can have zero or more attributes.  * Attributes is either case-sensitive or case-insensitive (case-ignore).  * This property is determined at the time the Attributes object is  * created. (see BasicAttributes constructor for example).  * In a case-insensitive Attributes, the case of its attribute identifiers  * is ignored when searching for an attribute, or adding attributes.  * In a case-sensitive Attributes, the case is significant.  *<p>  * Note that updates to Attributes (such as adding or removing an attribute)  * do not affect the corresponding representation in the directory.  * Updates to the directory can only be effected  * using operations in the DirContext interface.  *  * @author Rosanna Lee  * @author Scott Seligman  *  * @see DirContext#getAttributes  * @see DirContext#modifyAttributes  * @see DirContext#bind  * @see DirContext#rebind  * @see DirContext#createSubcontext  * @see DirContext#search  * @see BasicAttributes  * @since 1.3  */ public interface Attributes extends Cloneable, java.io.Serializable {    /**      * Determines whether the attribute set ignores the case of      * attribute identifiers when retrieving or adding attributes.      * @return true if case is ignored; false otherwise.      */    boolean isCaseIgnored();     /**      * Retrieves the number of attributes in the attribute set.      *      * @return The nonnegative number of attributes in this attribute set.      */    int size();     /**      * Retrieves the attribute with the given attribute id from the      * attribute set.      *      * @param attrID The non-null id of the attribute to retrieve.      *           If this attribute set ignores the character      *           case of its attribute ids, the case of attrID      *           is ignored.      * @return The attribute identified by attrID; null if not found.      * @see #put      * @see #remove      */    Attribute get(String attrID);     /**      * Retrieves an enumeration of the attributes in the attribute set.      * The effects of updates to this attribute set on this enumeration      * are undefined.      *      * @return A non-null enumeration of the attributes in this attribute set.      *         Each element of the enumeration is of class <tt>Attribute</tt>.      *         If attribute set has zero attributes, an empty enumeration      *         is returned.      */    NamingEnumeration<? extends Attribute> getAll();     /**      * Retrieves an enumeration of the ids of the attributes in the      * attribute set.      * The effects of updates to this attribute set on this enumeration      * are undefined.      *      * @return A non-null enumeration of the attributes' ids in      *         this attribute set. Each element of the enumeration is      *         of class String.      *         If attribute set has zero attributes, an empty enumeration      *         is returned.      */    NamingEnumeration<String> getIDs();     /**      * Adds a new attribute to the attribute set.      *      * @param attrID   non-null The id of the attribute to add.      *           If the attribute set ignores the character      *           case of its attribute ids, the case of attrID      *           is ignored.      * @param val      The possibly null value of the attribute to add.      *                 If null, the attribute does not have any values.      * @return The Attribute with attrID that was previous in this attribute set;      *         null if no such attribute existed.      * @see #remove      */    Attribute put(String attrID, Object val);     /**      * Adds a new attribute to the attribute set.      *      * @param attr     The non-null attribute to add.      *                 If the attribute set ignores the character      *                 case of its attribute ids, the case of      *                 attr's identifier is ignored.      * @return The Attribute with the same ID as attr that was previous      *         in this attribute set;      *         null if no such attribute existed.      * @see #remove      */    Attribute put(Attribute attr);     /**      * Removes the attribute with the attribute id 'attrID' from      * the attribute set. If the attribute does not exist, ignore.      *      * @param attrID   The non-null id of the attribute to remove.      *                 If the attribute set ignores the character      *                 case of its attribute ids, the case of      *                 attrID is ignored.      * @return The Attribute with the same ID as attrID that was previous      *         in the attribute set;      *         null if no such attribute existed.      */    Attribute remove(String attrID);     /**      * Makes a copy of the attribute set.      * The new set contains the same attributes as the original set:      * the attributes are not themselves cloned.      * Changes to the copy will not affect the original and vice versa.      *      * @return A non-null copy of this attribute set.      */    Object clone();     /**     * Use serialVersionUID from JNDI 1.1.1 for interoperability     */    // static final long serialVersionUID = -7247874645443605347L;}