01: /*
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03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: *
17: */
18: package org.apache.lenya.cms.metadata;
19:
20: /**
21: * A meta data element.
22: */
23: public interface Element {
24:
25: /**
26: * @return the name of the element.
27: */
28: String getName();
29:
30: /**
31: * @return if the element can have multiple values.
32: */
33: boolean isMultiple();
34:
35: /**
36: * @return the description of the element.
37: */
38: String getDescription();
39:
40: /**
41: * @return if the element value can be edited.
42: */
43: boolean isEditable();
44:
45: /**
46: * Copy all values if the meta data are copied.
47: */
48: int ONCOPY_COPY = 0;
49:
50: /**
51: * Don't copy the values of this element if the meta data are copied.
52: */
53: int ONCOPY_IGNORE = 1;
54:
55: /**
56: * Delete all values of this element if the meta data are copied.
57: */
58: int ONCOPY_DELETE = 2;
59:
60: /**
61: * @return The action to be taken when meta data are copied from one owner to another.
62: */
63: int getActionOnCopy();
64:
65: }
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