MetadataContributable (Hippo Site Toolkit API 15.4.0 API)

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public interface MetadataContributable
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Interface for an abstraction to be able to contribute metadata.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clearMetadataMap()`	Removes all the items in the metadata map.
`Object`	`getMetadata(String name)`	Get the metadata value by the `name`, or null if not found.
`Map<String,Object>`	`getMetadataMap()`	Return unmodifiable metadata map.
`void`	`putMetadata(String name, Object value)`	Put a metadata, `value`, by the `name`.
`Object`	`removeMetadata(String name)`	Remove the existing metadata value by the `name` and return the old metadata value if removed.

- Method Detail
  - getMetadataMap
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Map<String,Object> getMetadataMap()
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    Return unmodifiable metadata map.
    
    Returns:
    
    unmodifiable metadata map
  - putMetadata
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void putMetadata(String name,
                 Object value)
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    Put a metadata, value, by the name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - metadata name
    
    value - metadata value
  - getMetadata
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Object getMetadata(String name)
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    Get the metadata value by the name, or null if not found.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - metadata name
    
    Returns:
    
    metadata value, or null if not found.
  - removeMetadata
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Object removeMetadata(String name)
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    Remove the existing metadata value by the name and return the old metadata value if removed. Or null if nothing was removed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name -
    
    Returns:
  - clearMetadataMap
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void clearMetadataMap()
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    Removes all the items in the metadata map.