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Added new helper class DateUtils. artifacts/trunk@4436 c6561f87-3c4e-4783-a992-168aeb5c3f6f
author Ingo Weinzierl <ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de>
date Fri, 18 May 2012 09:08:03 +0000
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package de.intevation.artifactdatabase.state;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;


/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
 */
public interface Attribute extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Returns the name of this Attribute.
     *
     * @return the name of this Attribute.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the value of this Attribute.
     *
     * @return the value of this Attribute.
     */
    Object getValue();

    /**
     * Sets the value of this Attribute.
     *
     * @param value The new value.
     */
    void setValue(Object value);

    /**
     * Transforms this Attribute into XML.
     *
     * @param parent The parent node.
     *
     * @return the Node that represents this Attribute.
     */
    Node toXML(Node parent);
}
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