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22 package org.jboss.repository.spi;
23
24 import java.util.Iterator JavaDoc;
25 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
26
27 /**
28  @author Scott.Stark@jboss.org
29  @version $Revision: 41140 $
30  */

31 public interface KernelRepository
32 {
33    public Object JavaDoc getMetaData(Key key);
34
35    public Object JavaDoc getMetaData(Key key, MetaDataCombiner combiner);
36
37    /**
38     Get the MetaData for the key and all its subkeys
39     @param key
40     @return Map<Key, MetaData> for the key and matching subkeys
41     */

42    public Map JavaDoc getAllMetaData(Key key);
43
44    /**
45     @param key
46     @param data
47     */

48    public MetaData addMetaData(Key key, MetaData data);
49
50    public MetaData removeMetaData(Key key);
51
52    /**
53     @param loader
54     */

55    public void loadMetaData(MetaDataLoader loader);
56
57    /**
58     Get the current repository keys
59     @return Iterator<Key> of the repository keys
60     */

61    public Iterator JavaDoc getKeyNames();
62
63    /**
64     Query the repository for keys matching the name regular expression and
65     attribute value regular expressions.
66     @param nameRE
67     @param attributes
68     @return Iterator<Key> of the matching keys
69     */

70    public Iterator JavaDoc findKeys(String JavaDoc nameRE, Map JavaDoc attributes);
71 }
72
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