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020package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.gclient;
021
022import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseMetaType;
023
024public interface IMeta {
025
026        /**
027         * Fetch the current metadata
028         *
029         * @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>)
030         */
031        <T extends IBaseMetaType> IMetaGetUnsourced<T> get(Class<T> theMetaType);
032
033        /**
034         * Add the elements in the given metadata to the already existing set (do not remove any)
035         */
036        IMetaAddOrDeleteUnsourced add();
037
038        /**
039         * Delete the elements in the given metadata to the
040         */
041        IMetaAddOrDeleteUnsourced delete();
042}