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package org.apache.wicket.request.resource.caching;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.wicket.request.resource.IResource;
import org.apache.wicket.util.resource.IResourceStream;

/**
 * static resource which does not change for the lifetime of the application and should be
 * considered a candidate for long-term caching.
 * 
 * @author Peter Ertl
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface IStaticCacheableResource extends IResource
{
	/**
	 * controls whether caching of the resource is enabled or disabled
	 * 
	 * @return @{code true} if caching is enabled
	 */
	boolean isCachingEnabled();
	
	/**
	 * get unique caching key for the resource stream produced by
	 * {@link #getResourceStream()}
	 * 
	 * @return serializable key with properly supports {@link #equals(Object)} and
	 *         {@link #hashCode()}
	 */
	Serializable getCacheKey();

	/**
	 * get static resource stream which will be unique to the related caching key
	 * {@link #getCacheKey()}
	 * 
	 * @return stream or <code>null</code> if no stream could be found
	 */
	IResourceStream getResourceStream();
}