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 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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package com.sun.syndication.feed.module;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Syndication ModuleImpl.
 * <p>
 * 
 * @see <a
 *      href="http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">Syndication
 *      module</a>.
 * @author Alejandro Abdelnur
 * 
 */
public interface SyModule extends Module {

    /**
     * URI of the Syndication ModuleImpl
     * (http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/).
     * 
     */
    static final String URI = "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/";

    static final String HOURLY = "hourly";
    static final String DAILY = "daily";
    static final String WEEKLY = "weekly";
    static final String MONTHLY = "monthly";
    static final String YEARLY = "yearly";

    /**
     * Returns the Syndication module update period.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @return the Syndication module update period, <b>null</b> if none.
     * 
     */
    String getUpdatePeriod();

    /**
     * Sets the Syndication module update period.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @param updatePeriod the Syndication module update period to set,
     *            <b>null</b> if none.
     * 
     */
    void setUpdatePeriod(String updatePeriod);

    /**
     * Returns the Syndication module update frequency.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @return the Syndication module update frequency, <b>null</b> if none.
     * 
     */
    int getUpdateFrequency();

    /**
     * Sets the Syndication module update frequency.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @param updateFrequency the Syndication module update frequency to set,
     *            <b>null</b> if none.
     * 
     */
    void setUpdateFrequency(int updateFrequency);

    /**
     * Returns the Syndication module update base date.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @return the Syndication module update base date, <b>null</b> if none.
     * 
     */
    Date getUpdateBase();

    /**
     * Sets the Syndication module update base date.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @param updateBase the Syndication module update base date to set,
     *            <b>null</b> if none.
     * 
     */
    void setUpdateBase(Date updateBase);

}
