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.feed.CopyFrom;
20 import java.io.Serializable;
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 Module extends Cloneable,CopyFrom,Serializable{
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 }