Application: gvSIG desktop

/*

 *  $Id: VariableValueMap.java 5819 2006-06-14 07:29:09Z cesar $

 *  IzPack

 *  Copyright (C) 2002 Johannes Lehtinen

 *

 *  File :               VariableValueMap.java

 *  Description :        Interface for map of variable values.

 *  Author's email :     johannes.lehtinen@iki.fi

 *  Author's Website :   http://www.iki.fi/jle/

 *

 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 *  of the License, or any later version.

 *

 *  This program 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 for more details.

 *

 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

 */

package com.izforge.izpack.installer;

import java.util.Map;

/**

 *  Maps variable names to a variable value.

 *

 * @author     Johannes Lehtinen <johannes.lehtinen@iki.fi>

 * @deprecated Use a Properties object instead. Methods in IzPack which accept or return

 * VariableValueMap have been deprecated in favor of versions which use Properties.

 */

public interface VariableValueMap extends Map

{

  /**

   *  Returns the current value for the specified variable.

   *

   * @param  var  the name of the variable

   * @return      the current value or null if not set

   */

  String getVariable(String var);

  /**

   *  Sets a new value for the specified variable.

   *

   * @param  var  the name of the variable

   * @param  val  the new value for the variable

   */

  void setVariable(String var, String val);

}