poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/Comment.java

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package org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel;

import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Common interface for comments
 *
 * @since POI 4.0.0
 */
public interface Comment {
    /**
     * Get the Author of this comment
     */
    String getAuthor();

    /**
     * Set the Author of this comment.
     * if the author wasn't registered before, create a new entry
     */
    void setAuthor(String author);

    /**
     * Get the Author's Initials of this comment
     */
    String getAuthorInitials();

    /**
     * Set the Author's Initials of this comment.
     * if the author wasn't registered before via {@link #setAuthor(String)}
     * this has no effect
     */
    void setAuthorInitials(String initials);

    /**
     * Get the text of this comment
     */
    String getText();

    /**
     * Set the text of this comment
     */
    void setText(String text);

    /**
     * Gets the date the comment was made.
     * @return the comment date.
     */
    Date getDate();

    /**
     * Sets the date the comment was made.
     * @param date the comment date.
     */
    void setDate(Date date);

    /**
     * Gets the offset of the comment on the page.
     * @return the offset.
     */
    Point2D getOffset();

    /**
     * Sets the offset of the comment on the page.
     * @param offset the offset.
     */
    void setOffset(Point2D offset);
}