1 /* 2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project 3 * 4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, 5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 6 * with the License. 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, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 */ 16 package io.netty.util; 17 18 /** 19 * Holds {@link Attribute}s which can be accessed via {@link AttributeKey}. 20 * 21 * Implementations must be Thread-safe. 22 */ 23 public interface AttributeMap { 24 /** 25 * Get the {@link Attribute} for the given {@link AttributeKey}. This method will never return null, but may return 26 * an {@link Attribute} which does not have a value set yet. 27 */ 28 <T> Attribute<T> attr(AttributeKey<T> key); 29 }