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* CDDL HEADER START
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* The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
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* Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only
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* with the License.
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*
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* You can obtain a copy of the license at
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* trunk/opends/resource/legal-notices/OpenDS.LICENSE
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* or https://OpenDS.dev.java.net/OpenDS.LICENSE.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions
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* and limitations under the License.
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*
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* When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
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* file and include the License file at
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*
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*
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* Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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*/
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package org.opends.sdk;
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/**
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* Attribute factories are included with a set of {@code DecodeOptions} in order
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* to allow application to control how {@code Attribute} instances are created
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* when decoding requests and responses.
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*
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* @see Attribute
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* @see DecodeOptions
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*/
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public interface AttributeFactory
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{
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/**
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* Creates an attribute using the provided attribute description and no
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* values.
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*
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* @param attributeDescription
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* The attribute description.
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* @return The new attribute.
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* @throws NullPointerException
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* If {@code attributeDescription} was {@code null}.
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*/
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Attribute newAttribute(AttributeDescription attributeDescription)
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throws NullPointerException;
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}
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