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package org.apache.ant.common.service;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.ant.common.util.ExecutionException;

/**
 * Service interface for Data value manipulation operations provided by the
 * core.
 *
 * @author Conor MacNeill
 * @created 31 January 2002
 */
public interface DataService {
    /**
     * Get a data value
     *
     * @param valueName the name of the data value
     * @return the current object associated with the name or null if no
     *      value is currently associated with the name
     * @exception ExecutionException if the value cannot be retrieved.
     */
    Object getDataValue(String valueName) throws ExecutionException;

    /**
     * Indicate if a data value has been set
     *
     * @param name the name of the data value - may contain reference
     *      delimiters
     * @return true if the value exists
     * @exception ExecutionException if the containing frame for the value
     *      does not exist
     */
    boolean isDataValueSet(String name) throws ExecutionException;

    /**
     * Set a data value. If an existing data value exists, associated with
     * the given name, the value will not be changed
     *
     * @param valueName the name of the data value
     * @param value the value to be associated with the name
     * @exception ExecutionException if the value cannot be set
     */
    void setDataValue(String valueName, Object value) throws ExecutionException;

    /**
     * Set a data value which can be overwritten
     *
     * @param valueName the name of the data value
     * @param value the value to be associated with the name
     * @exception ExecutionException if the value cannot be set
     */
    void setMutableDataValue(String valueName, Object value)
         throws ExecutionException;

    /**
     * Replace ${} style constructions in the given value with the string
     * value of the corresponding data values in the frame
     *
     * @param value the string to be scanned for property references.
     * @return the string with all property references replaced
     * @exception ExecutionException if any of the properties do not exist
     */
    String replacePropertyRefs(String value) throws ExecutionException;

    /**
     * Replace ${} style constructions in the given value with the string
     * value of the objects in the given map. Any values which are not found
     * are left unchanged.
     *
     * @param value the string to be scanned for property references.
     * @param replacementValues the collection of replacement values
     * @return the string with all property references replaced
     * @exception ExecutionException if any of the properties do not exist
     */
    String replacePropertyRefs(String value, Map replacementValues)
         throws ExecutionException;

    /**
     * Get all the properties from the frame and any references frames. This
     * is an expensive operation since it must clone all of the property
     * stores in all frames
     *
     * @return a Map containing the frames properties indexed by their full
     *      name.
     */
    Map getAllProperties();
}

