1 /*
2 * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.openehealth.ipf.commons.ihe.xds.core;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19 import java.util.Map;
20
21 /**
22 * Interface for XDS objects which can have extra metadata slots.
23 * @author Dmytro Rud
24 */
25 public interface ExtraMetadataHolder {
26
27 /**
28 * @return
29 * mapping of extra metadata slot names to their values.
30 * A new instance will be created when necessary.
31 */
32 Map<String, List<String>> getExtraMetadata();
33
34
35 /**
36 * Sets the mapping of extra metadata slot names to their values.
37 * @param map
38 * mapping.
39 */
40 void setExtraMetadata(Map<String, List<String>> map);
41
42 }