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34 package info.magnolia.config.registry;
35
36 /**
37 * Use a DefinitionMetadata type {name, type, moduleID, location}, with an asString() method that outputs the current format.
38 * Location is the path in the case of a configured item, but could be a class name for cbc, for example.
39 *
40 */
41 public interface DefinitionMetadata extends DefinitionReference {
42
43 DefinitionType getType();
44
45 /**
46 * This is the String that can be used to refer to this definition by ID, e.g as passed to {@link Registry#getProvider(String)}.
47 *
48 * @see Registry#newMetadataBuilder() deprecation commentaries which are relevant to this method
49 */
50 String getReferenceId();
51
52 /**
53 * Location of the object that defines the attached definition; depends on the {@link info.magnolia.config.source.ConfigurationSource ConfigurationSource}.
54 */
55 String getLocation();
56 }