/*
 * File:     MetaDataNode.java
 * Project:  MPI Linguistic Application
 * Date:     03 April 2006
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2006  Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package mpi.eudico.server.corpora.clomimpl.abstr;


/**
 * DOCUMENT ME!
 * $Id: MetaDataNode.java,v 1.3 2005/08/17 13:30:45 hasloe Exp $
 * @author $Author: hasloe $
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
 * @version Aug 2005 Identity removed
 */
public interface MetaDataNode {
    // methods to access meta data structure
    public MetaDataNode[] getMetaDataNodes();

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public boolean hasMetaData();

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public LanguageResourceNode[] getLRNodes();

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public boolean hasLRs();

    // methods that provide access to meta data items themselves
    public String getTag();

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public String getDescription();

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public String getInfo();

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public boolean isMetaData();
}
