package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.gclient;

import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseMetaType;

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public interface IMeta {
	
	/**
	 * Fetch the current metadata
	 * 
	 * @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>)
	 */
	<T extends IBaseMetaType> IMetaGetUnsourced<T> get(Class<T> theMetaType);

	/**
	 * Add the elements in the given metadata to the already existing set (do not remove any)
	 */
	IMetaAddOrDeleteUnsourced add();

	/**
	 * Delete the elements in the given metadata to the 
	 */
	IMetaAddOrDeleteUnsourced delete();

}
