1 /*
2 * Created on Apr 9, 2007 by scott
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2005 The Concord Consortium, Inc.,
5 * 10 Concord Crossing, Concord, MA 01742
6 *
7 * Web Site: http://www.concord.org
8 * Email: info@concord.org
9 *
10 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
11 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
12 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
13 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
14 *
15 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
18 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
19 *
20 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
21 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
22 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
23 *
24 */
25 package net.sf.sail.core.entity;
26
27 /**
28 * This interface is modeled after the EAnnotation class from EMF.
29 *
30 * @author scott
31 *
32 */
33 public interface IAnnotation
34 {
35 /**
36 * This is a URI identifying the type of this annotation.
37 *
38 * The name source came from the EAnnotation object used by EMF.
39 * The use of a URI to identify a type is used by:
40 * xml namespaces and RDF
41 *
42 * @return
43 */
44 public String getSource();
45
46 public void setSource(String source);
47
48 /**
49 * The mime type for the content of the Annotation. Unlike EMF these
50 * annotations can only store strings. So a content type is useful
51 * to help parse string,
52 *
53 * @return
54 */
55 public String getContentType();
56
57 public void setContentType(String contentType);
58
59 /**
60 * The actual content of the annotation.
61 *
62 * @return
63 */
64 public String getContents();
65
66 public void setContents(String contents);
67
68 /**
69 * Return the entity that this is an annoation of. Currently this
70 * can be a Pod or Rim.
71 *
72 * @return
73 */
74 public Object getSailEntity();
75
76 public void setSailEntity(Object entity);
77 }