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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind;
016    
017    /**
018     * An attribute that may be attached to a {@link org.apache.hivemind.Element}.
019     * Namespaces not (yet) supported.  Some assumptions are made that Attribute objects
020     * are immutable (name and value will not change once created, or at least, once
021     * added to an Element).
022     *
023     * @author Howard Lewis Ship
024     */
025    public interface Attribute
026    {
027            /**
028             * Returns the name of the attribute.
029             */
030            public String getName();
031            
032            /**
033             * Returns the value of the attribute.
034             */
035            public String getValue();
036    }