Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.tools.attributes;

import java.util.Iterator;

public interface Attributes {

        public boolean allowAnonimousAttributes();

    /**

         * Returns the value of an attribute.

         *

         * @param name

         *            of the attribute

         * @return the attribute value

         */

        public Object getAttribute(String name);

        /**

         * Sets the value of an attribute.

         *

         * @param name

         *            of the attribute

         * @param value

         *            for the attribute

         */

        public Attributes setAttribute(String name, Object value);

        public AttributeDescriptor addAttribute(String name, int dataType,

                        String description, Object defaultValue);

        public AttributeDescriptor addAttribute(String name, int dataType,

                        String description, Object defaultValue, Object[] avaliableValues);

        public AttributeDescriptor addAttribute(String name, int dataType,

                        String description, Object defaultValue, Object minValue,

                        Object maxValue);

        public AttributeDescriptor addAttributeAlias(String name, String alias);

        public Iterator getAttributes();

}