1 /* 2 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 * 16 */ 17 package com.sun.syndication.feed.module; 18 19 import com.sun.syndication.feed.CopyFrom; 20 import java.io.Serializable; 21 22 /** 23 * Base class for modules describing Metadata of feeds. Examples of such modules are 24 * the Dublin Core and Syndication modules. 25 * <p> 26 * @author Alejandro Abdelnur 27 * 28 */ 29 public interface Module extends Cloneable,CopyFrom,Serializable{ 30 31 /** 32 * Returns the URI of the module. 33 * <p> 34 * @return URI of the module. 35 * 36 */ 37 String getUri(); 38 39 /** 40 * Creates a deep clone of the object. 41 * <p> 42 * @return a clone of the object. 43 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException thrown if an element of the object cannot be cloned. 44 * 45 */ 46 public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException; 47 48 }