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package org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.version;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.DavException;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.property.DavPropertyName;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.property.ResourceType;

/**
 * VersionHistoryResource represents a collection that has
 * all versions of a given version-controlled resource as members.
 * 
 * RFC 3253 defines the following required properties for a version history:
 * 

 * DAV:version-set
 * DAV:root-version
 * all DeltaV-compliant resource properties.
 * 
 * 
 * In addition a version history resource must support the following METHODS:
 * 

 * all DeltaV-compliant resource METHODS.
 * 
 *
 * NOTE: the {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.DavConstants#PROPERTY_RESOURCETYPE DAV:resourcetype}
 * property must indicate 'DAV:version-history'.
 *
 * @see DeltaVResource
 * @see ResourceType#VERSION_HISTORY
 */
public interface VersionHistoryResource extends DeltaVResource {

    // supported METHODS: same as DeltaVResource > set to empty string
    public static final String METHODS = "";

    /**
     * Computed (protected) property identifying the root version of this version
     * history.
     */
    public static final DavPropertyName ROOT_VERSION = DavPropertyName.create("root-version", DeltaVConstants.NAMESPACE);

    /**
     * The protected property DAV:version-set identifies each version of this
     * version history.
     *
     * @see #getVersions()
     */
    public static final DavPropertyName VERSION_SET = DavPropertyName.create("version-set", DeltaVConstants.NAMESPACE);

    /**
     * Returns an array of VersionResources containing all versions
     * that are a member of this resource.
     *
     * @return all VersionResources that belong to this version history.
     * @throws org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.DavException
     * @see #VERSION_SET
     */
    public VersionResource[] getVersions() throws DavException;
}