////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
// Copyright (C) 2001-2015 the original author or authors.
//
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
package edu.cmu.cs.vbc.prog.checkstyle.api;

import java.util.LinkedList;

/**
 * A context to be used in subcomponents. The general idea of
 * Context/Contextualizable was taken from <a target="_top"
 * href="http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/">Jakarta's Avalon framework</a>.
 * @author lkuehne
 * @see Contextualizable
 */
public interface Context
{
    /**
     * Searches for the value with the specified attribute key in this context.
     * @param key the attribute key.
     * @return the value in this context with the specified attribute key value.
     */
    Object get(String key);

    /**
     * Returns the names of all atttributes of this context.
     * @return the names of all atttributes of this context.
     */
    LinkedList<String> getAttributeNames();
}
