dspaceobject.java

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/*
 * DSpaceObject.java
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 * Date: $Date: 2005/04/20 14:22:34 $
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package org.dspace.content;

/**
 * Abstract base class for DSpace objects
 */
public abstract class DSpaceObject
{
    /**
     * Get the type of this object, found in Constants
     * 
     * @return type of the object
     */
    public abstract int getType();

    /**
     * Get the internal ID (database primary key) of this object
     * 
     * @return internal ID of object
     */
    public abstract int getID();

    /**
     * Get the Handle of the object. This may return <code>null</code>
     * 
     * @return Handle of the object, or <code>null</code> if it doesn't have
     *         one
     */
    public abstract String getHandle();
}