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.explorer.resources;
018
019import org.ametys.plugins.explorer.ExplorerNode;
020import org.ametys.plugins.repository.AmetysRepositoryException;
021import org.ametys.plugins.repository.TraversableAmetysObject;
022
023/**
024 * Common interface for modifiable resource collection
025 */
026public interface ResourceCollection extends TraversableAmetysObject, ExplorerNode
027{
028    /**
029     * Returns the path of this resource collection in its hierarchy (which is a subset of the whole repository).<br>
030     * If this collection is the root collection, "" is returned.
031     * @return the path of this collection in its hierarchy.
032     * @throws AmetysRepositoryException if an error occurs.
033     * @deprecated Use the getExplorerPath method
034     */
035    @Deprecated
036    public String getResourcePath() throws AmetysRepositoryException;
037    
038    /**
039     * Returns true if this explorer node contains resources.
040     * @return true if this explorer node contains resources.
041     * @throws AmetysRepositoryException if an error occurs.
042     */
043    public boolean hasChildResources() throws AmetysRepositoryException;
044    
045}