ReferenceParseable (Sakai Entity Broker API 22.3 API)

All Superinterfaces:

EntityProvider
```
public interface ReferenceParseable
extends EntityProvider
```
Indicates an entity provider has the capability of parsing its own reference string. An entity that does not implement this interface is assumed to deal in references of type EntityReference (/prefix/id or /prefix)
This is one of the capability extensions for the EntityProvider interface

Author:

Aaron Zeckoski (aaronz@vt.edu), Antranig Basman (antranig@caret.cam.ac.uk)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`EntityReference`	`getParsedExemplar()`	Returns an example instance of the `EntityReference` class that this `EntityProvider` uses as its reference type.

Methods inherited from interface org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.EntityProvider
getEntityPrefix

- Method Detail
  - getParsedExemplar
```
EntityReference getParsedExemplar()
```
    Returns an example instance of the EntityReference class that this EntityProvider uses as its reference type. If you do not also implement ParseSpecParseable a default parse specification will be inferred for you (the entity prefix will always come first).
    NOTE: you will probably want to override at LEAST the main constructor and a few other methods, check the commenting in the EntityReference for tips
    
    Returns:
    
    an entity reference class which must extend EntityReference