interface QuickContentRenderable

interface QuickContentRenderable {
    
    /**
     * Returns the short type name of the content plugin, e.g. 'block', 'node', 
     * 'prerendered'.
     */
    public static function getType();
    
    /**
     * Returns the tab title.
     */
    public function getTitle();
    
    /**
     * Returns an array of settings specific to the type of content.
     */
    public function getSettings();
    
    /**
     * Renders the content.
     *
     * @param $hide_emtpy If set to true, then the renderer should return an empty
     * array if there is no content to display, for example if the user does not
     * have access to the requested content.
     *
     * @param $args Used during an ajax call to pass in the settings necessary to
     * render this type of content.
     */
    public function render($hide_empty = FALSE, $args = array());
    
    /**
     * Returns an array of keys to use for constructing the correct arguments for
     * an ajax callback to retrieve content of this type. The order of the keys
     * returned affects the order of the args passed in to the render method when
     * called via ajax (see the render() method above).
     */
    public function getAjaxKeys();
    
    /**
     * Returns an array of keys, sufficient to represent the content uniquely.
     */
    public function getUniqueKeys();

}