001    /*
002     * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.apache.commons.net.nntp; 
017    
018    /**
019     * A placeholder interface for threadable message objects
020     * Author: Rory Winston <rwinston@checkfree.com>
021     *
022     */
023    public interface Threadable {
024            public boolean isDummy();
025            public String messageThreadId();
026            public String[] messageThreadReferences();
027            public String simplifiedSubject();
028            public boolean subjectIsReply();
029            public void setChild(Threadable child); 
030            public void setNext(Threadable next);
031            public Threadable makeDummy();
032    }