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/*
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 *
 */
package com.sun.syndication.feed.module;

import com.sun.syndication.feed.CopyFrom;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Base class for modules describing Metadata of feeds. Examples of such modules are
 * the Dublin Core and Syndication modules.
 * 
 * @author Alejandro Abdelnur
 *
 */
public interface Module extends Cloneable,CopyFrom,Serializable{

    /**
     * Returns the URI of the module.
     * 

     * @return URI of the module.
     *
     */
    String getUri();

    /**
     * Creates a deep clone of the object.
     * 
     * @return a clone of the object.
     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException thrown if an element of the object cannot be cloned.
     *
     */
    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;

}