Person.java

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package org.opencastproject.feed.api;

/**
 * This interface provides the methods for defining a person object contained in a feed like authors and contributors.
 * <p>
 * Note that this interface is heavily inspired and backed by the excellent rss/atom feed library <tt>Rome</tt>
 * (http://https://rome.dev.java.net).
 */
public interface Person {

  /**
   * Returns name of person.
   *
   * @return the name
   */
  String getName();

  /**
   * Sets name of person.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name
   */
  void setName(String name);

  /**
   * Returns URI of person.
   *
   * @return the uri
   */
  String getUri();

  /**
   * Sets URI of person.
   *
   * @param uri
   *          the uri identifying the person
   */
  void setUri(String uri);

  /**
   * Returns email of person.
   */
  String getEmail();

  /**
   * Sets email of person.
   *
   * @param email
   *          the email address
   */
  void setEmail(String email);

}