localresourcereference.java

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/*
 * UserEJB - CyberDemia's User management library implemented using EJBs.
 * Copyright (C) 2003 CyberDemia Research and Services
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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 *
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 * 
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 */
package com.cyberdemia.user;
import javax.ejb.*;

/**
 * LocalResourceReference is a local interface of a reference to a
 * user resource. A User may be associated with any number of 
 * arbitrary resources 
 * (such as home address, postal address, birthday, pet names, etc...)
 * using this resource reference mechanism.
 * A resource is categorized by a category key that gives it a certain
 * meaning to the User. For example, category keys may be 
 * "homeAddress", "postalAddress", "petName", etc. 
 * Each category key may be associated with one or more resources.
 * For example, a User may have one associated resource of category "homeAddress",
 * but multiple resources of category "petName".
 * Each resource must be identifiable by a unique resource ID, such as
 * the primary key to its record in a database.
 * It is up to the client code to figure out how to access the referenced resource.
 *  
 * @author Alexander Yap
 */
public interface LocalResourceReference extends EJBLocalObject
{
	/**
	* Gets the unique ID of the referenced resource.
	* @return Resource unique ID.
	*/
	public String getResourceId();

	/**
	* Gets the key to identify the category of the referenced resource.
	* @return Resource category key.
	*/
	public String getCategoryKey();

}