imetadataid.java

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package com.esri.solutions.jitk.common.metadata;

/**
 * Defines an interface that allows an object to represent a unique identifier for a metadata document.
 * Additionally, this interface provides lookup methods for the actual {@link IMetadataDocument} represented
 * by this {@code IMetadataID} and the {@link IMetadataCatalog} that contains the {@link IMetadataDocument}.
 * The {@code IMetadataID} should be a type of a GUID for the metadata document.
 */
public interface IMetadataID {

	/**
	 * Retrieves a {@link String} containing the actual value of this {@code IMetadataID}.
	 * @return The ID, which will never be {@code null}.
	 */
	public String getId();
	/**
	 * Retrieves the {@link IMetadataCatalog} that contains the {@link IMetadataDocument} that
	 * is represented by this {@code IMetadataID}.
	 * @return The {@link IMetadataCatalog}, which will never be {@code null}.
	 */
	public IMetadataCatalog getCatalog();
	/**
	 * Retrieves the {@link IMetadataDocument} represented by this {@code IMetadataID}.
	 * @return The {@link IMetadataDocument}, which will never be {@code null}.
	 */
	public IMetadataDocument getDocument();
}