/**
* OLAT - Online Learning and Training<br>
* http://www.olat.org
* <p>
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); <br>
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.<br>
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* <p>
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,<br>
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* <p>
* Copyright (c) since 2004 at Multimedia- & E-Learning Services (MELS),<br>
* University of Zurich, Switzerland.
* <hr>
* <a href="http://www.openolat.org">
* OpenOLAT - Online Learning and Training</a><br>
* This file has been modified by the OpenOLAT community. Changes are licensed
* under the Apache 2.0 license as the original file.
* <p>
*/
package org.olat.core.id;
/**
* A <b>OLATResourceImpl</b> is a generic identifier for objects in OLAT.
* Its unique identifier is build from a type name and an identifyer.
*
* @author Andreas Ch. Kapp
*
*/
public interface OLATResourceable {
/**
*
* @return a type name. It must be unique within OLAT.
* Consider this.getClass().getName() as such a type name.
*/
public String getResourceableTypeName();
/**
*
* @return a number identfiying the instance of this type. if null, then the OLATResourcable is just a type. The value 0 (zero) is not allowed
*/
public Long getResourceableId();
}