/**
* Copyright (c) Codice Foundation
* <p/>
* This 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 3 of the
* License, or any later version.
* <p/>
* 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. A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* is distributed along with this program and can be found at
* <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>.
*/
package ddf.catalog.resource;
import ddf.catalog.data.BinaryContent;
/**
* A Resource represents an item (e.g. image, video, document, etc.) that has been posted for
* sharing. A {@link ddf.catalog.data.Metacard} is created to provide metadata about a Resource, which can be
* accessed via a {@link ResourceReader}.
*
* @author LMCO
*/
public interface Resource extends BinaryContent {
/**
* Gets the name of the Resource. Examples of this are the name of a file or the title of the
* Resource URL.
*
* @return the name of the Resource. Null if the name is unknown
*/
public String getName();
}