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14
15 package org.apache.hivemind;
16
17 /**
18  * An attribute that may be attached to a {@link org.apache.hivemind.Element}.
19  * Namespaces not (yet) supported. Some assumptions are made that Attribute objects
20  * are immutable (name and value will not change once created, or at least, once
21  * added to an Element).
22  *
23  * @author Howard Lewis Ship
24  */
25 public interface Attribute
26 {
27     /**
28      * Returns the name of the attribute.
29      */
30     public String JavaDoc getName();
31     
32     /**
33      * Returns the value of the attribute.
34      */
35     public String JavaDoc getValue();
36 }
37
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