Paul Holmes-Higgin cefda8c965 Updated header to LGPL
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This file is part of Alfresco
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.alfresco.service.cmr.version;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Map;
import org.alfresco.repo.version.VersionBaseModel;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
/**
* Version interface.
*
* Allows access to version property values and frozen state node references.
* The version history tree can also be navigated.
*
* @author Roy Wetherall, janv
*/
public interface Version extends Serializable
{
/**
* Names of the system version properties
*/
public static final String PROP_DESCRIPTION = VersionBaseModel.PROP_DESCRIPTION;
/**
* Helper method to get the created date from the version property data.
*
* @return the date the version was created
* @deprecated use getFrozenModifiedDate
*/
public Date getCreatedDate();
/**
* Helper method to get the creator of the version.
*
* @return the creator of the version
* @deprecated use getFrozenModifier
*/
public String getCreator();
/**
* Helper method to get the frozen (original) modified date for this version of the node
*
* @return the modified date
*/
public Date getFrozenModifiedDate();
/**
* Helper method to get the frozen (original) modifier for this version of the node
*
* @return the modifier
*/
public String getFrozenModifier();
/**
* Helper method to get the version label from the version property data.
*
* @return the version label
*/
public String getVersionLabel();
/**
* Helper method to get the version type.
*
* @return the value of the version type as an enum value
*/
public VersionType getVersionType();
/**
* Helper method to get the version description.
*
* @return the version description
*/
public String getDescription();
/**
* Get the map containing the version property values
*
* @return the map containing the version properties
*/
public Map<String, Serializable> getVersionProperties();
/**
* Gets the value of a named version property.
*
* @param name the name of the property
* @return the value of the property
*
*/
public Serializable getVersionProperty(String name);
/**
* Gets a reference to the node that this version was created from.
* <p>
* Note that this reference will be to the current state of the versioned
* node which may now correspond to a later version.
*
* @return a node reference (to the versioned node in the 'live' store)
*/
public NodeRef getVersionedNodeRef();
/**
* Gets the reference to the node that contains the frozen state of the
* version.
*
* @return a node reference (to the version node in the 'version' store)
*/
public NodeRef getFrozenStateNodeRef();
}