KernelRepository


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22  package org.jboss.repository.spi;
23  
24  import java.util.Iterator  ;
25  import java.util.Map  ;
26  
27  /**
28   @author Scott.Stark@jboss.org
29   @version $Revision: 41140 $
30   */
31  public interface KernelRepository
32  {
33     public Object   getMetaData(Key key);
34  
35     public Object   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   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   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   findKeys(String   nameRE, Map   attributes);
71  }
72
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