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1   /*
2    * Copyright [2006] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.]
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.opensaml.xml;
18  
19  import org.opensaml.xml.util.AttributeMap;
20  
21  /**
22   * An interface for XMLObjects that represent DOM elements that support 
23   * the XML Schema anyAttribute construct.
24   */
25  public interface AttributeExtensibleXMLObject extends XMLObject {
26  
27      /**
28       * Gets a mutable map of the attributes.  The map key is the namespace qualified name of the attribute, 
29       * the map value is the value of the attribute.
30       * 
31       * @return a map of the attributes
32       */
33      public AttributeMap getUnknownAttributes();
34  }