/** * $Revision: $ * $Date: $ * * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL), * a copy of which is included in this distribution, or a commercial license * agreement with Jive. */ package org.jivesoftware.openfire.resultsetmanager; /** * Elements from a result set as defined by XEP-0059 have certain * characteristics. This interface defines these characteristics. * * Applying this interface to a class will allow you to use ResultSet operations * on collections of your class. In other words: you are making collections of * your class managable/navigable. * * @author Guus der Kinderen, guus@nimbuzz.com * @see <a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0059.html">XEP-0059: Result Set Management</a> * @deprecated Replaced by {@link org.xmpp.resultsetmanagement.Result} */ @Deprecated public interface Result { /** * Returns a unique identifier for this Result. Each element in a ResultSet * must have a distinct UIDs. * * XEP-0059 says: <quote>(...) the UIDs are * unique in the context of all possible members of the full result set. * Each UID MAY be based on part of the content of its associated item (...) * or on an internal table index. Another possible method is to serialize * the XML of the item and then hash it to generate the UID. Note: The * requesting entity MUST treat all UIDs as opaque.</quote> * * @return Unique ID of the Result */ public String getUID(); }