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+package eu.stork.peps.auth.commons;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for Attributes Providers map.
+ * 
+ * @author Stelios Lelis (stelios.lelis@aegean.gr), Elias Pastos (ilias@aegean.gr)
+ *
+ * @version $Revision: 1.00 $, $Date: 2013-09-20 $
+ */
+public interface IAttributeProvidersMap {
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the object associated the the given key.
+   * 
+   * @param key with which the specified value is to be associated.
+   * 
+   * @return The object associated the the given key.
+   */
+  IPersonalAttributeList get(AttributeSource key);
+  
+  /**
+   * Associates a key to a value, and inserts them in the session object.
+   * 
+   * @param key with which the specified value is to be associated.
+   * @param value to be associated with the specified key.
+   * 
+   * @return previous value associated with specified key, or null if there was
+   *         no mapping for key. A null return can also indicate that the map
+   *         previously associated null with the specified key.
+   */
+  Object put(AttributeSource key, IPersonalAttributeList value);
+  
+  /**
+   * Removes the mapping for this key.
+   * 
+   * @param key with which the specified value is to be associated.
+   * 
+   * @return previous value associated with specified key, or null if there was
+   *         no mapping for key. A null return can also indicate that the map
+   *         previously associated null with the specified key.
+   */
+  IPersonalAttributeList remove(AttributeSource key);
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the number of key-value mappings in this map.
+   * 
+   * @return the number of key-value mappings in this map.
+   */
+  int size();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this map contains a mapping for the specified key.
+   * 
+   * @param key with which the specified value is to be associated.
+   * 
+   * @return true if this map contains a mapping for the specified key.
+   */
+  boolean containsKey(AttributeSource key);
+  
+  /**
+   * Removes all mappings from this map.
+   */
+  void clear();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this map contains no key-value mappings.
+   * 
+   * @return true if this map contains no key-value mappings.
+   */
+  boolean isEmpty();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an Iterator of the keys contained in this map. The implementation must
+   * take care in order for the Iterator to have predictable order of the returned
+   * keys.
+   *
+   * @return an iterator of the keys contained in this map
+   */
+  Iterator<AttributeSource> keyIterator();
+}