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19  package org.jclouds.compute.domain;
20  
21  import java.util.Set;
22  
23  import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
24  
25  import org.jclouds.compute.domain.internal.ComputeMetadataImpl;
26  import org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata;
27  
28  import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
29  
30  /**
31   * @author Ivan Meredith
32   * @author Adrian Cole
33   */
34  @ImplementedBy(ComputeMetadataImpl.class)
35  public interface ComputeMetadata extends ResourceMetadata<ComputeType> {
36     /**
37      * @return Type of the resource, ex node, image, size
38      */
39     @Override
40     public ComputeType getType();
41  
42     /**
43      * @return id of the server within the naming scope it was created. potentially generated by the
44      *         service.
45      */
46     @Override
47     public String getProviderId();
48  
49     /**
50      * @return user defined name of the server.
51      */
52     @Override
53     @Nullable
54     public String getName();
55  
56     /**
57      * 
58      * A means to uniquely address this resource within a provider. For example, if the namespace of
59      * a node or image is region based, the id will likely include both the region and the
60      * provider-supplied id encoded to avoid collisions.
61      * 
62      * @return unique id within your account on the provider
63      */
64     public String getId();
65  
66     /**
67      * @return tags describing this resource, if supported
68      */
69     public Set<String> getTags();
70  }