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 21 /** 22 * Base class for modules describing Metadata of feeds. Examples of such modules are 23 * the Dublin Core and Syndication modules. 24 * <p> 25 * @author Alejandro Abdelnur 26 * 27 */ 28 public interface Module extends Cloneable,CopyFrom { 29 30 /** 31 * Returns the URI of the module. 32 * <p> 33 * @return URI of the module. 34 * 35 */ 36 String getUri(); 37 38 /** 39 * Creates a deep clone of the object. 40 * <p> 41 * @return a clone of the object. 42 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException thrown if an element of the object cannot be cloned. 43 * 44 */ 45 public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException; 46 47 } 48