/*
* Copyright 2008 - 2010 Lars Heuer (heuer[at]semagia.com). All rights reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.semagia.atomico.dm;
/**
* Represents an author.
*
* The name of the author is required, all other properties are optional.
*
* @author Lars Heuer (heuer[at]semagia.com) <a href="http://www.semagia.com/">Semagia</a>
* @version $Rev: 90 $ - $Date: 2010-10-21 16:34:45 -0700 (Thu, 21 Oct 2010) $
*/
public interface IAuthor {
/**
* Returns the author's name never {@code null}.
*
* @return The author's name never {@code null}.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns the author's e-mail address or {@code null}.
*
* @return The author's e-mail address or {@code null}.
*/
public String getEmail();
/**
* Returns the author's (absolute) IRI or {@code null}.
*
* @return The author's (absolute) IRI or {@code null}.
*/
public String getIRI();
}
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