public function getProductLinkAttributes($linkTypeCode)
    {

        // map the link type code => ID
        $linkTypeId = $this->mapLinkTypeCodeToLinkTypeId($linkTypeCode);

        // initialize the array for the link attributes
        $linkAttributes = array();

        // try to load the link attribute with the passed link type ID and attribute code
        foreach ($this->linkAttributes as $linkAttribute) {
            if ($linkAttribute[MemberNames::LINK_TYPE_ID] === $linkTypeId) {
                // return the matching link attribute
                $linkAttributes[] = $linkAttribute;
            }
        }

        // return the link attributes
        return $linkAttributes;
    }