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 * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.yangutils.translator;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangType;

/**
 * Cached java file handle, which supports the addition of member attributes and
 * methods.
 */
public interface CachedFileHandle {

    /**
     * Add a new attribute to the file(s).
     *
     * @param attrType data type of the added attribute.
     * @param name name of the attribute.
     * @param isListAttr if the current added attribute needs to be maintained
     *            in a list.
     */
    void addAttributeInfo(YangType<?> attrType, String name, boolean isListAttr);

    /**
     * Flushes the cached contents to the target file, frees used resources.
     *
     * @throws IOException when failes to generated java files.
     */
    void close() throws IOException;
}