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package org.apache.abdera2.common.protocol;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;

import org.apache.abdera2.common.http.EntityTag;

/**
 * The Workspace Manager is used by a Provider to access metadata used to construct Atompub service documents and to
 * determine the appropriate CollectionAdapter to handle a particular request
 */
public interface WorkspaceManager {

    /**
     * Get the Collection Adapter that will handle this request
     */
    CollectionAdapter getCollectionAdapter(RequestContext request);

    /**
     * Return the list of available workspaces
     */
    Collection<WorkspaceInfo> getWorkspaces(RequestContext request);

    Date getLastModified();
    
    EntityTag getEntityTag();
    
}