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+package bjc.utils.components;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a optional component that has status information associated with
+ * it.
+ *
+ * @author ben
+ *
+ */
+public interface DescribedComponent extends Comparable<DescribedComponent> {
+	/**
+	 * Get the author of this component.
+	 *
+	 * Providing this is optional, with "Anonymous" as the default author.
+	 *
+	 * @return The author of the component.
+	 */
+	default String getAuthor() {
+		return "Anonymous";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the description of this component.
+	 *
+	 * Providing this is optional, with the default being a note that no description
+	 * was provided.
+	 *
+	 * @return The description of the component
+	 */
+	default String getDescription() {
+		return "No description provided.";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of this component.
+	 *
+	 * This is the only thing required of all components.
+	 *
+	 * @return The name of the component.
+	 */
+	String getName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the version of this component.
+	 *
+	 * Providing this is optional, with "1" as the default version.
+	 *
+	 * @return The version of this component.
+	 */
+	default int getVersion() {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	default int compareTo(final DescribedComponent o) {
+		int res = getName().compareTo(o.getName());
+
+		if (res == 0) {
+			res = getVersion() - o.getVersion();
+		}
+
+		return res;
+	}
+}