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 * Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Evolveum
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package com.evolveum.midpoint.prism;

import com.evolveum.prism.xml.ns._public.types_3.PolyStringType;

/**
 * @author semancik
 *
 */
public interface Objectable extends Containerable {
	
	String getOid();
	
	void setOid(String oid);
	
	String getVersion();
	
	void setVersion(String version);
	
	PolyStringType getName();
	
	void setName(PolyStringType name);
	
	String getDescription();
	
	void setDescription(String description);
	
	/**
	 * Returns short string representing identity of this object.
	 * It should container object type, OID and name. It should be presented
	 * in a form suitable for log and diagnostic messages (understandable for
	 * system administrator).
	 */
	String toDebugName();
	
	/**
	 * Returns short string identification of object type. It should be in a form
	 * suitable for log messages. There is no requirement for the type name to be unique,
	 * but it rather has to be compact. E.g. short element names are preferred to long
	 * QNames or URIs.
	 * @return
	 */
	String toDebugType();

    PrismObject asPrismObject();
    
    void setupContainer(PrismObject object);

//	public <O extends Objectable> PrismObject<O> asPrismObject();
//    
//    public <O extends Objectable> void setupContainer(PrismObject<O> object);
}