/*
* Copyright (c) 2012 Data Harmonisation Panel
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
* available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
* or (at your option) any later version.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Contributors:
* HUMBOLDT EU Integrated Project #030962
* Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu>
*/
package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.instance.extension.metadata;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.instance.model.Instance;
/**
* Generator Interface for Instance Metadatas
*
* @author Sebastan Reinhardt
*/
public interface MetadataGenerator {
/**
* generates certain metadata values for an instance
*
* @param inst the instance
* @return an array of metadata values
*/
public Object[] generate(Instance inst);
}