runtime/org.argeo.slc.specs/src/main/java/org/argeo/slc/structure/StructurePath.java

   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (C) 2010 Mathieu Baudier <mbaudier@argeo.org>
   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 org.argeo.slc.structure;
  18
  19 /**
  20  * Path allowing to uniquely identify a <code>StructureElement</code> within a
  21  * registry.
  22  *
  23  * @see StructureElement
  24  * @see StructurePath
  25  */
  26 public interface StructurePath {
  27         /**
  28          * Unique representation as a string. Most implementation will also provide
  29          * a mean to interpret this string.
  30          */
  31         public String getAsUniqueString();
  32 }