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19 */
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 }