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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
 * 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
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package org.onosproject.net;

/**
 * Represents an mutable set of simple key/value string annotations.
 */
public interface MutableAnnotations extends Annotations {

    /**
     * Returns the value of the specified annotation.
     *
     * @param key   annotation key
     * @param value annotation value
     * @return self
     */
    public MutableAnnotations set(String key, String value);

    /**
     * Clears the specified keys or the all keys if none were specified.
     *
     * @param keys keys to be cleared
     * @return self
     */
    public MutableAnnotations clear(String... keys);

}