root/trunk/cdmlib/cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/reference/IArticle.java

/**
* Copyright (C) 2009 EDIT
* European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
* http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
* See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
*/ 

package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.agent.TeamOrPersonBase;
import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.strategy.cache.reference.ArticleDefaultCacheStrategy;

/**
 * This interface represents articles in a {@link IJournal journal}. An article is an independent
 * piece of prose written by an {@link TeamOrPersonBase author (team)} which is published among
 * other articles within a particular issue of a journal.
 * <P>
 * This class corresponds, according to the TDWG ontology, to the publication type
 * terms (from PublicationTypeTerm): <ul>
 * <li> "JournalArticle"
 * <li> "NewspaperArticle"
 * <li> "MagazineArticle"
 * </ul>
 */
public interface IArticle extends ISectionBase, IVolumeReference, INomenclaturalReference{
        
        /**
         * Returns the series information for this article
         */
        public String getSeries();

        /**
         * Sets the series information for this article
         * @param series
         */
        public void setSeries(String series);
        
        
        
        /**
         * Returns this articles journal.
         * @return
         */
        public IJournal getInJournal();
        
        
        /**
         * Sets this articles journal 
         * @param journal
         */
        public void setInJournal(IJournal journal);

        
        void setCacheStrategy(ArticleDefaultCacheStrategy cacheStrategy);
}