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using System;

namespace AgentService.Ontology.Schema.Abstract
{
	/// <summary>
	/// It's a abstract descriptor for a generic object.
	/// </summary>
	public interface AbsObject
	{

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the name of the abstract descriptor.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		string GetTypeName();
    
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the value of an attribute with a given name.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="name">The name of the attribute.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		AbsObject GetAbsObject(string name);

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns an array that Contains the name of the attributes.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		string[] GetNames();

		//bool isGrounded();

		//int getCount();
	}
}