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package org.apache.tomcat.util.test;

import java.util.Hashtable;


/**
 *  A trivial inter-object communication mechanism, part of the first step
 *  in modularizing and enhancing GTest.
 *
 *  A more generic and extensible system is needed ( JNDI ? )
 * 
 *  ( Part of GTest.)
 */
public class Attributes {

    static Hashtable attributeCollections=new Hashtable();

    private Attributes() {}

    public static Hashtable getAttributes( String collection ) {
	Hashtable att=(Hashtable)attributeCollections.get( collection );
	if( att==null ) {
	    att=new Hashtable();
	    attributeCollections.put( collection, att );
	}
	return att;
    }
}