Article.java

// Copyright 2013 Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo
//
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// Copyright 2013 Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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package br.com.arsmachina.eloquentia.entity;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface that defines a supertype for {@link Page} and {@link Comment}.
 * 
 * @author Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo (http://machina.com.br/thiago)
 */
public interface Article {

	/**
	 * Returns the {@link User} who posted a given article.
	 * @return an {@link User}.
	 */
	User getPostedBy();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the time and date this article was posted.
	 * @return a {@link Date}.
	 */
	Date getPosted();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the list of tags applied to this article.
	 * @return a {@link List} of {@link String}s.
	 */
	List<String> getTags();
	
}