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1 package jimm.datavision;
2
3 /**
4  * Unique identifiers. IDs are common to enough different kinds of objects
5  * (for example, columns, formulas, parameters, and user columns) that it
6  * makes sense to have this interface.
7  * <p>
8  * The name &quot;Identifiable&quot;, though more consistent with other
9  * interface names like &quot;Nameable&quot; and &quot;Writeable&quot;,
10  * would have been too darned verbose.
11  *
12  * @author Jim Menard, <a HREF="mailto:jimm@io.com">jimm@io.com</a>
13  */
14 public interface Identity {
15
16 /**
17  * Returns the identity.
18  */
19 public Object JavaDoc getId();
20
21 }
22
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