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*/
package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* A resource is a wrapper around the final product. It shall not hold any references to the ResourceData object used to
* create the resource (to allow efficient 2-stage caching).
* <p/>
* Although this interfaces declares to be serializable, this might not be the case for some of the content contained in
* the resource object. Cache implementors should be aware of that issue and should act accordingly (for instance by not
* caching that object).
*
* @author Thomas Morgner
*/
public interface Resource extends Serializable {
public Object getResource() throws ResourceException;
public Class getTargetType();
public boolean isTemporaryResult();
public long getVersion( ResourceKey key );
/**
* The primary source is also included in this set. The dependencies are given as ResourceKey objects. The keys itself
* do not hold any state information.
* <p/>
* The dependencies do not track deep dependencies. So if Resource A depends on Resource B which depends on Resource
* C, then A only knows about B, not C.
*
* @return
*/
public ResourceKey[] getDependencies();
public ResourceKey getSource();
}