001/* Attribute.java --
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037
038
039package javax.naming.directory;
040
041import java.io.Serializable;
042
043import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;
044import javax.naming.NamingException;
045
046/**
047 * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@redhat.com)
048 * @date June 14, 2001
049 */
050public interface Attribute extends Cloneable, Serializable
051{
052  long serialVersionUID = 8707690322213556804L;
053
054  NamingEnumeration<?> getAll() throws NamingException;
055  Object get() throws NamingException;
056  int size();
057  String getID();
058  boolean contains(Object attrVal);
059  boolean add(Object attrVal);
060  boolean remove(Object attrval);
061  void clear();
062  DirContext getAttributeSyntaxDefinition() throws NamingException;
063  DirContext getAttributeDefinition() throws NamingException;
064  Object clone();
065  boolean isOrdered();
066  Object get(int ix) throws NamingException;
067  Object remove(int ix);
068  void add(int ix, Object attrVal);
069  Object set(int ix, Object attrVal);
070}