com.sun.grizzly.util
Interface AttributeHolder

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public interface AttributeHolder

Interface declares common functionality for objects, which could have associated attributes.

Author:

Alexey Stashok

Method Summary

Object	getAttribute(String name) Return an object based on a name.
Map<String,Object>	getAttributes() Return a Map of attribute name/value pairs.
Object	removeAttribute(String name) Remove a name/value object.
void	setAttribute(String name, Object value) Set a name/value object.
void	setAttributes(Map<String,Object> attributes) Set a Map of attribute name/value pairs.

Method Detail

removeAttribute

Object removeAttribute(String name)

Remove a name/value object.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

Returns:

attribute which has been removed

setAttribute

void setAttribute(String name,
                  Object value)

Set a name/value object.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

value - - value of named attribute

setAttributes

void setAttributes(Map<String,Object> attributes)

Set a Map of attribute name/value pairs. Old AttributeHolder values will not be available. Later changes of this Map will lead to changes to the current AttributeHolder.

Parameters:

attributes - - map of name/value pairs

getAttribute

Object getAttribute(String name)

Return an object based on a name.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

Returns:

- attribute value for the name, null if name does not exist in attributes

getAttributes

Map<String,Object> getAttributes()

Return a Map of attribute name/value pairs. Updates, performed on the returned Map will be reflected in this AttributeHolder

Returns:

- Map of attribute name/value pairs