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16 package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
17
18 /**
19  * A Container is an object implementing an indirection
20  * mechanism transparent to JXPath. For example, if property
21  * "foo" of the context node has a Container as its value,
22  * the XPath "foo" will produce the contents of that Container,
23  * rather than the container itself.
24  *
25  * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
26  * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2004/02/29 14:17:42 $
27  */

28 public interface Container {
29
30     /**
31      * Returns the contained value.
32      */

33     Object JavaDoc getValue();
34
35     /**
36      * Modifies the value contained by this container. May throw
37      * UnsupportedOperationException.
38      */

39     void setValue(Object JavaDoc value);
40 }
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