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package org.deegree.io.datastore.schema.content;

import org.deegree.io.datastore.schema.MappedSimplePropertyType;

/**
 * Marker interface for content of {@link MappedSimplePropertyType}s. 
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:schneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider</a>
 * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
 * 
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $, $Date: 2006/08/29 15:53:18 $
 */
public interface SimpleContent {

    /**
     * Returns whether the content is updateable, i.e. if it will be considered in transactions.
     * 
     * @return true, if the content is updateable, false otherwise
     */
    public boolean isUpdateable ();

    /**
     * Returns whether the content is suitable as a sort criterion.
     * 
     * @return true, if the content is suitable as a sort criterion, false otherwise
     */    
    public boolean isSortable ();

}

/* ********************************************************************
Changes to this class. What the people have been up to:
$Log: SimpleContent.java,v $
Revision 1.2  2006/08/29 15:53:18  mschneider
Changed SimpleContent#isVirtual() to SimpleContent#isUpdateable(). Added #isSortable().

Revision 1.1  2006/08/23 16:30:45  mschneider
Initial version.

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