package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.common;

/**
 * Encapsulates content data.
 * 
 * @author Patrick Peck
 * @author Stephan Grill
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface Content {
  /**
   * Indicates that this object contains a URI reference to some content. 
   */
  public static final int REFERENCE_CONTENT = 0;
  /**
   * Indicates that this object contains binary content.
   */
  public static final int BINARY_CONTENT = 1;
  /**
   * Indicates that this object contains XML content.
   */
  public static final int XML_CONTENT = 2;

  /**
   * Gets the type of content contained in this object.
   * 
   * @return The type of content, either <code>BINARY_CONTENT</code> or
   * <code>XML_CONTENT</code>
   */
  public int getContentType();
  /**
   * Gets the reference to the content data (a URI).
   * 
   * @return The reference to the content data.
   */
  public String getReference();
}