/*
*
* This is a simple Content Management System (CMS)
* Copyright (C) 2010 Imran M Yousuf (imyousuf@smartitengineering.com)
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package com.smartitengineering.cms.api.type;
import com.smartitengineering.cms.api.workspace.WorkspaceId;
import com.smartitengineering.dao.impl.hbase.spi.Externalizable;
/**
* Represents the unique identifier for a {@link ContentType}, specified by its
* namespace, similar to that of package of java, and its name.
* @author imyousuf
* @since 0.1
*/
public interface ContentTypeId extends Externalizable, Comparable<ContentTypeId> {
public WorkspaceId getWorkspace();
/**
* Retrieve the name of the {@link ContentType}
* @return a non-empty string
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Retrieve the namespace of the {@link ContentType}
* @return a non-null string, but may be empty
*/
public String getNamespace();
public ContentType getContentType();
/**
* Override the toString so that it could be used to compare to ids of this instance. It should represent the state
* of the Id.
* @return String representation, i.e. state, of the id
*/
@Override
public String toString();
}