/*
 *    Geotoolkit.org - An Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
 *    http://www.geotoolkit.org
 *
 *    (C) 2009-2012, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
 *    (C) 2009-2012, Geomatys
 *
 *    This library 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;
 *    version 2.1 of the License.
 *
 *    This library 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.
 */
package org.geotoolkit.metadata.sql;


/**
 * Interface for metadata that are implemented by a proxy class.
 *
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
 * @version 3.03
 *
 * @since 3.03
 * @module
 */
interface MetadataProxy {
    /**
     * Returns the identifier (primary key) of this metadata if it is using the
     * given source, or {@code null} otherwise.
     */
    String identifier(MetadataSource source);
}