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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   *
16   */
17  package com.sun.syndication.feed.module;
18  
19  import com.sun.syndication.common.ToString;
20  import com.sun.syndication.common.CopyFrom;
21  
22  /***
23   * Base class for modules describing Metadata of feeds. Examples of such modules are
24   * the Dublin Core and Syndication modules.
25   * <p>
26   * @author Alejandro Abdelnur
27   *
28   */
29  public interface ModuleI extends Cloneable,ToString,CopyFrom {
30  
31      /***
32       * Returns the URI of the module.
33       * <p>
34       * @return URI of the module.
35       *
36       */
37      String getUri();
38  
39      /***
40       * Creates a deep clone of the object.
41       * <p>
42       * @return a clone of the object.
43       * @throws CloneNotSupportedException thrown if an element of the object cannot be cloned.
44       *
45       */
46      public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
47  
48  }