IZone.java

/**
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package org.societies.context.location.management.api;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * 
 * This interface represents a zone in the system. It contains some metadata attributes as description, name, type
 * and in addition the zone Tags and a user personal tag.  
 * The tagging concept is similar concept to the tagging in Gmail. A zone can have multiple tags such as 
 * IBM zone, IBM Tel-Aviv zone, IBM office or Office number 10. Nevertheless it can have only one 
 * personal tag, which is the personal tag the user gave to the zone (e.g. "Dan's room" or "My room").
 *
 * @author guyf@il.ibm.com
 *
 */

public interface IZone {
	IZoneId getId();
	void setId(IZoneId zoneId);
	String getDescription();
	void setDescription(String description);
	void setPersonalTag(ITag personalTag);
	ITag getPersonalTag();
	void setTags(Collection<ITag>tags);
	Collection<ITag> getTags();
	void setName(String name);
	String getName();
	void setType(String type);
	String getType();
	
}