/*
* eXist Open Source Native XML Database
* Copyright (C) 2001-2016 The eXist Project
* http://exist-db.org
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package org.exist;
import org.exist.security.Permission;
import org.exist.xmldb.XmldbURI;
/**
* Interface of common accessors for any generic database resource
*
* @author <a href="mailto:shabanovd@gmail.com">Dmitriy Shabanov</a>
* @author Adam Retter
*/
public interface Resource {
/**
* Get the URI of the resource within the database
*
* @return The URI of the resource in the database
*/
XmldbURI getURI();
/**
* Get the Permissions of the resource
*
* @return The current permissions assigned to the
* resource
*/
Permission getPermissions();
/**
* Get the metadata associated
* with the resource
*
* @return The metadata associated with the resource
*/
ResourceMetadata getMetadata();
}