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1   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2   // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
3   // Copyright (C) 2001-2024 the original author or authors.
4   //
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18  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19  
20  package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
21  
22  import java.util.Collection;
23  
24  /**
25   * A context to be used in subcomponents. The general idea of
26   * Context/Contextualizable was taken from <a target="_top"
27   * href="https://avalon.apache.org/closed.html">Jakarta's Avalon framework</a>.
28   *
29   * @see Contextualizable
30   */
31  public interface Context {
32  
33      /**
34       * Searches for the value with the specified attribute key in this context.
35       *
36       * @param key the attribute key.
37       * @return the value in this context with the specified attribute key value.
38       */
39      Object get(String key);
40  
41      /**
42       * Returns the names of all attributes of this context.
43       *
44       * @return the names of all attributes of this context.
45       */
46      Collection<String> getAttributeNames();
47  
48  }