+ /**
+ * Method that should be specialised to return the type of the entity if the entity has a type.
+ *
+ * @return the type of the entity or null if it has no type
+ */
+ public String getType() {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method that should be specialised to return the type version of the entity if the entity has a type.
+ *
+ * @return the type of the entity or null if it has no type
+ */
+ public String getTypeVersion() {
+ return null;
+ }