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* detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
* tree and available online at
*
* http://www.dspace.org/license/
*/
package org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* The object manager is a class that must be implemented by each specific repository
* implementation that identifies refrenced objects. Since the DRI document includes
* refrences to external resources implementers of this class must know how objects
* are refrenced.
*
* The specefic implementation of ObjectManager that is used is determened by the
* WingComponent that is creating the refrence.
*
* @author Scott Phillips
*/
public interface ObjectManager
{
/**
* Determine if the supplied object is manageable by this implementation of
* ObjectManager. If the object is manageable then manage it, and return true.
*
* @param object
* The object to be managed.
* @return true if the object can be managed, otherwise false.
*/
public boolean manageObject(Object object) throws WingException;
/**
* Return a url refrencing the object's metadata. If this is unabvailable
* return null.
*
* @param object The object being managed.
*/
public String getObjectURL(Object object) throws WingException;
/**
* Return a descriptive, repository specfic, type for the object. If
* this is unabvailable return null.
*
* @param object The object being managed.
*/
public String getObjectType(Object object) throws WingException;
/**
* Return a unique identifier of the repository this object is contained
* in. If this is unabvailable return null.
*
* @param object The object being managed.
*/
public String getRepositoryIdentifier(Object object) throws WingException;
/**
* Return a list of all repositories managed by this manager. The
* hash should be of the form repository identifier as the key,
* and the value for each key is a metadata URL.
*/
public Map<String,String> getAllManagedRepositories() throws WingException;
}