001/*
002 *  Copyright 2016 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 */
016package org.ametys.plugins.explorer.resources;
017
018import org.ametys.plugins.repository.AmetysRepositoryException;
019
020/**
021 * Common interface for a commentable resource file of a resources explorer node.
022 */
023public interface CommentableResource extends Resource
024{
025    /**
026     * Get the thread holding the comments
027     * @param createThread True to force the creation of the thread if it does not exists.
028     * @return the thread holding the comments or null if the tread does not exist 
029     * @throws AmetysRepositoryException If an error occurred
030     */
031    public org.ametys.plugins.explorer.threads.Thread getComments(boolean createThread) throws AmetysRepositoryException;
032}