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

/**
 * Base class for supplementary information.
 * 
 * @author Patrick Peck
 * @author Stephan Grill
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface SupplementProfile {
  /**
   * Indicates that this object contains explicit supplementary information.
   */
  public static final int EXPLICIT_SUPPLEMENTPROFILE = 0;
  /**
   * Indicates that this object contains a profile id where supplementary
   * information can be found.
   */
  public static final int ID_SUPPLEMENTPROFILE = 1;

  /**
   * Gets the type of supplementary information contained in this object.
   * 
   * @return The type of supplementary information contained in this object,
   * either <code>EXPLICIT_SUPPLEMENT</code> or <code>ID_SUPPLEMENT</code>.
   */
  public int getSupplementProfileType();
}