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/* gvSIG. Geographic Information System of the Valencian Government

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Infrastructures and Transports Department

 * of the Valencian Government (CIT)

 * 

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 * 

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 * 

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, 

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 * 

 */

package org.gvsig.fortunecookies;

import java.util.Date;

import org.gvsig.fortunecookies.exception.FortuneCookieMessageException;

/**

 * Interface that represents the FortuneCookie elements used in this application.

 */

public interface FortuneCookieService{

        /**

         * Returns the FortuneCookie's message.

         *    

         * @return the message associated to a FortuneCookieService

         */

        public String getMessage() throws FortuneCookieMessageException;

        /**

         * Returns the {@link FortuneCookieManager}

         *    

         * @return {@link FortuneCookieManager}

         * 

         * @see {@link FortuneCookieManager}

         */

        public FortuneCookieManager getManager();

        /**

         * Returns the FortuneCookie's creation date.

         *    

         * @return the creation date associated to a FortuneCookieService

         */

        public Date getDate();

}