<?php

/**

* 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; under version 2

* of the License (non-upgradable).

*

* 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.

*

* Copyright (c) 2002-2008 (original work) Public Research Centre Henri Tudor & University of Luxembourg

* (under the project TAO & TAO2);

* 2008-2010 (update and modification) Deutsche Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung

* (under the project TAO-TRANSFER);

* 2009-2012 (update and modification) Public Research Centre Henri Tudor

* (under the project TAO-SUSTAIN & TAO-DEV);

*

*/

/**

* Classes that implement this class claims their instances are serializable and

* be identified by a unique serial string.

*

* @author Jerome Bogaerts, <jerome.bogaerts@tudor.lu>

* @package generis

*/

interface common_Serializable

{

// --- OPERATIONS ---

/**

* Obtain a serial for the instance of the class that implements the

*

* @access public

* @author Jerome Bogaerts, <jerome.bogaerts@tudor.lu>

* @return string

*/

public function getSerial();

}