001package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.gclient;
002
003import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseMetaType;
004
005/*
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007 * HAPI FHIR - Core Library
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023 */
024
025public interface IMeta {
026        
027        /**
028         * Fetch the current metadata
029         * 
030         * @param theMetaType The type of the meta datatype for the given FHIR model version (should be <code>MetaDt.class</code> or <code>MetaType.class</code>)
031         */
032        <T extends IBaseMetaType> IMetaGetUnsourced<T> get(Class<T> theMetaType);
033
034        /**
035         * Add the elements in the given metadata to the already existing set (do not remove any)
036         */
037        IMetaAddOrDeleteUnsourced add();
038
039        /**
040         * Delete the elements in the given metadata to the 
041         */
042        IMetaAddOrDeleteUnsourced delete();
043
044}