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+/**
+ * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
+ * org.onap.aaf
+ * ===========================================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ===========================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END====================================================
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.onap.aaf.misc.env;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public interface EnvProps extends Env {
+ public interface EnvProperty {
+ public String getProperty(String input);
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Obtain a Property (String) based on a Key. Implementor decides how
+ * that works, i.e. from a complex set of Configurations, or just
+ * "System" (Java standard)
+ *
+ * @param key
+ * @return APIException
+ */
+ public String getProperty(String key);
+
+ /**
+ * Obtain a Property (String) based on a Key. Implementor decides how
+ * that works, i.e. from a complex set of Configurations, or just
+ * "System" (Java standard)
+ *
+ * If Property Value is null, then default will be used.
+ * @param key
+ * @return APIException
+ */
+ public String getProperty(String tag, String defaultValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Set a Property (String) based on a Key accessible to all in Env. Implementor decides how
+ * that works, i.e. from a complex set of Configurations, or just
+ * "System" (Java standard)
+ *
+ * @param key
+ * @return APIException
+ */
+ public String setProperty(String key, String value);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the SubProperties based on key.
+ *
+ * use "false" to remove prefix, "true" to leave prefix in.
+ *
+ * @param key
+ * @return APIException
+ * Given a known property set (or in this case, properties starting with key),
+ * return map of all properties with appropriate key names
+ */
+ public Map<String, String> getSubProperties(String key, boolean includePrefix);
+
+ /**
+ * Get all of the properties in the Environment
+ * @return
+ */
+ public Map<String, String> getProperties();
+
+}