imetadataaware.java

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

/**
 * Defines an interface that allows another object to access and utilize metadata.  An object
 * that is <em>Metadata Aware</em> is an object that will receive a an {@link IMetadataContext},
 * through which it will be able to access a metadata registry and retrieve resources contained therein.
 */
public interface IMetadataAware {

	/**
	 * Sets the {@link IMetadataContext} on an object.  The object then
	 * has access to a metadata registry.
	 * @param ctx Reference to an {@link IMetadataContext}.  {@code ctx} cannot be null.
	 */
	public void setMetadataContext(IMetadataContext ctx);
}