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package org.apache.river.landlord;

import net.jini.id.Uuid;
import net.jini.id.ReferentUuid;

/**
 * Server side representation of a lease
 * 
 * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 * 
see LeasePeriodPolicy
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface LeasedResource {
    /**
     * Changes the expiration time of the lease.
     * @param newExpiration The new expiration time in milliseconds
     *                      since the beginning of the epoch
     */
    public void setExpiration(long newExpiration);

    /**
     * Returns the expiration time of the lease.
     * @return The expiration time in milliseconds since the beginning 
     *         of the epoch
     */
    public long getExpiration();

    /**
     * Returns the universally unique identifier associated with this
     * lease. Any proxies for this lease that implement {@link ReferentUuid} 
     * should return this object from their
     * {@link ReferentUuid#getReferentUuid getReferentUuid}
     * method and should base their implementation of equals on
     * this object.
     * @return Uuid associated with lease.
     */
    public Uuid getCookie();
}