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
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016
017package org.ametys.plugins.repository.version;
018
019import org.ametys.plugins.repository.AmetysObject;
020import org.ametys.plugins.repository.metadata.CompositeMetadata;
021import org.ametys.plugins.repository.metadata.MetadataAwareAmetysObject;
022
023/**
024 * {@link AmetysObject} that is versioned and can handle metadata.<br>
025 * The {@link CompositeMetadata} returned by {@link MetadataAwareAmetysObject#getMetadataHolder()} is also versioned.
026 */
027public interface MetadataAndVersionAwareAmetysObject extends VersionAwareAmetysObject, MetadataAwareAmetysObject
028{
029    /**
030     * Returns an unversioned {@link CompositeMetadata}. 
031     * @return an unversioned {@link CompositeMetadata}.
032     */
033    public CompositeMetadata getUnversionedMetadataHolder();
034}