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package org.springframework.ldap.core;

import javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem;

/**
 * Indicates that the implementing class is capable of keeping track of any attribute
 * modifications and return them as ModificationItems.
 *
 * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
 *
 */
public interface AttributeModificationsAware {

	/**
	 * Creates an array of which attributes have been changed, added or removed since the
	 * initialization of this object.
	 * @return an array of modification items.
	 */
	ModificationItem[] getModificationItems();

}
