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 * <copyright> Copyright 2006 by Know-Center, Graz, Austria </copyright>
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 * joint initiative of the Federal Chancellery Austria and Graz University of
 * Technology.
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 *
 * $Id: ConnectorInformation.java,v 1.2 2006/08/25 17:09:41 wprinz Exp $
 */
package at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.sig;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Holds the information of one connectior.
 * 
 * <p>
 * An implementation of the Connector interface must provide a public static
 * final ConnectorInformation field named
 * ConnectorFactory#CONNECTOR_INFORMATION_FIELD_NAME that provides the
 * information about this connector to the system.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.sig.ConnectorFactory
 * 
 * @author wprinz
 */
public class ConnectorInformation implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * SVUID.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 5692836392376853268L;

  /**
   * The short identifier of the connector (e.g. "bku").
   */
  protected String connector_identifiert = null;

  /**
   * The user suitable description of the connector (e.g.
   * "B&uuml;rgerkartenumgebung").
   */
  protected String connector_description = null;

  /**
   * Constructor that initializes this object.
   * 
   * @param identifier
   *          The short identifier of the connector (e.g. "bku").
   * @param description
   *          The user suitable description of the connector (e.g.
   *          "B&uuml;rgerkartenumgebung").
   */
  public ConnectorInformation(String identifier, String description)
  {
    this.connector_identifiert = identifier;
    this.connector_description = description;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the identifier of this connector.
   * 
   * @return Returns the identifier of this connector.
   */
  public String getIdentifier()
  {
    return this.connector_identifiert;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the description if this connector.
   * 
   * @return Returns the description if this connector.
   */
  public String getDescription()
  {
    return this.connector_description;
  }

}