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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation
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20  
21  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
22  
23  import java.util.Map;
24  
25  public interface Attributes {
26    /**
27     * Sets an attribute.
28     * In case value = null attribute is removed from the attributes map.
29     * @param name attribute name
30     * @param value attribute value
31     */
32    public void setAttribute(String name, byte[] value);
33  
34    /**
35     * Gets an attribute
36     * @param name attribute name
37     * @return attribute value if attribute is set, <tt>null</tt> otherwise
38     */
39    public byte[] getAttribute(String name);
40  
41    /**
42     * Gets all attributes
43     * @return unmodifiable map of all attributes
44     */
45    public Map<String, byte[]> getAttributesMap();
46  }