001/*
002 *  Copyright 2010 Anyware Services
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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015 */
016package org.ametys.plugins.repository.metadata;
017
018import org.ametys.plugins.repository.AmetysObject;
019
020/**
021 * {@link AmetysObject} that can handle metadata.
022 */
023public interface MetadataAwareAmetysObject extends AmetysObject
024{
025    /**
026     * Returns the root {@link CompositeMetadata} of this {@link AmetysObject}.
027     * @return the root {@link CompositeMetadata} of this {@link AmetysObject}
028     */
029    CompositeMetadata getMetadataHolder();
030}