* @return the metadata, or <code>null</code> if none loaded
     */
    Metadata getMetadata();

    /**
     * Set the metadata contents.
     *
     * @param metadata the metadata
     */
    void setMetadata(Metadata metadata);

    /**
     * Whether this represents a snapshot.
     *
     * @return if it is a snapshot
     */
    boolean isSnapshot();

    /**

        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        versioning.setSnapshot(snapshot);
        return versioning;
    }

    @Override
    public void setMetadata(Metadata metadata) {
        this.metadata = metadata;
    }

    @Override
    public Metadata getMetadata() {
        return metadata;
    }

    @Override

     * @return a String representing the metadata.
     */
    String getMetaData();

    /**
     * Sets the metadata for the URL queue.
     *
     * @param metaData the metadata to set
     */
    void setMetaData(String metaData);

    /**
     * Retrieves the encoding of the URL queue.
     *
     * @return the encoding as a String.
     */
    String getEncoding();

    /**

    public void setUrl(final String url) {
        this.url = url;
    }

    @Override
    public String getMetaData() {
        return metaData;
    }

    @Override
    public void setMetaData(final String metaData) {
        this.metaData = metaData;
    }

    @Override
    public String getEncoding() {
        return encoding;
    }

    @Override