ingo@1022: /*
ingo@1022:  * Copyright (c) 2010 by Intevation GmbH
ingo@1022:  *
ingo@1022:  * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
ingo@1022:  * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
ingo@1022:  * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
ingo@1022:  */
ingo@1022: 
ingo@573: package de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects;
ingo@573: 
ingo@573: import java.io.Serializable;
ingo@573: 
ingo@573: /**
ingo@690:  * An <code>ExportMode</code> describes a specific format of an output mode
ingo@690:  * (e.g. pdf, svg, image).
sascha@699:  *
sascha@684:  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
ingo@573:  */
ingo@573: public interface ExportMode
ingo@573: extends          Serializable
ingo@573: {
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Returns the name of this export mode.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the name.
ingo@690:      */
ingo@573:     public String getName();
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Returns the description of this export mode.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the description.
ingo@690:      */
ingo@573:     public String getDescription();
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Returns the mimetype used for this export mode.
sascha@699:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the mimetype.
ingo@690:      */
ingo@573:     public String getMimeType();
ingo@573: }
ingo@690: // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :