internalportletpreference.java.svn-base

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package org.apache.pluto.internal;

/**
 * This class represents a portlet preference, which is a name-value pair.
 *
 */
public interface InternalPortletPreference {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of this portlet preference.
	 * @return the name of this portlet preference.
	 */
    public String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the values of this portlet preference, which is a string array.
     * @return the values of this portlet preference as a string array.
     */
    public String[] getValues();

    /**
     * Sets values of this portlet preference.
     * @param values  values of this portlet preference to set.
     */
    public void setValues(String[] values);

    /**
     * Returns true if this portlet preference is marked as read-only.
     * @return true if this portlet preference is marked as read-only.
     */
    public boolean isReadOnly();

    /**
     * Clone a copy of itself.
     * @return a copy of itself.
     */
    public InternalPortletPreference clone();

}