001 package org.apache.fulcrum.intake; 002 003 /* 004 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 005 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 006 * distributed with this work for additional information 007 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 008 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 009 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 010 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 011 * 012 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 013 * 014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 015 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 016 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 017 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 018 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 019 * under the License. 020 */ 021 022 /** 023 * This interface specifies methods for uniquely identifying an object. 024 * 025 * @author <a href="mailto:jmcnally@collab.net">John D. McNally</a> 026 * @version $Id: Retrievable.java 535465 2007-05-05 06:58:06Z tv $ 027 */ 028 public interface Retrievable 029 { 030 /** 031 * get an id that differentiates this object from others 032 * of its class. 033 */ 034 String getQueryKey(); 035 036 /** 037 * set an id that differentiates this object from others 038 * of its class. 039 */ 040 void setQueryKey(String key) throws Exception; 041 042 }