tim@335: package de.intevation.gnv.state.describedata;
tim@335: 
tim@335: /**
ingo@809:  * This interface defines some methods to store and retrieve key-value pairs.
ingo@809:  *
sascha@780:  * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
tim@335:  */
tim@335: public interface SingleValueDescribeData extends DescribeData {
tim@335: 
ingo@809:     /**
ingo@809:      * Returns the name of this object.
ingo@809:      *
ingo@809:      * @return the name.
ingo@809:      */
tim@335:     public String getName();
tim@335: 
ingo@809:     /**
ingo@809:      * Returns the value stored in this object.
ingo@809:      *
ingo@809:      * @return the value.
ingo@809:      */
tim@335:     public String getValue();
sascha@778: 
ingo@809:     /**
ingo@809:      * Sets the value of this object to <i>value</i>.
ingo@809:      *
ingo@809:      * @param value A new value.
ingo@809:      */
tim@335:     public void setValue(String value);
ingo@473: 
ingo@809:     /**
ingo@809:      * Returns the state this objects belongs to.
ingo@809:      *
ingo@809:      * @return the state.
ingo@809:      */
ingo@473:     public String getState();
tim@335: }
ingo@809: // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :