1 /*==================================================================== 2 3 ObjectWeb Util Package. 4 Copyright (C) 2000-2004 INRIA & USTL - LIFL - GOAL 5 Contact: architecture@objectweb.org 6 7 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 11 12 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 20 USA 21 22 Initial developer(s): Philippe Merle. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 $Id: Identifiable.java,v 1.1 2004/02/13 17:46:08 rouvoy Exp $ 27 ====================================================================*/ 28 29 package org.objectweb.util.misc.api; 30 31 /** 32 * Base interface for Java objects that could be identifiable, i.e. 33 * which provide an identity. 34 * 35 * @author <a HREF="mailto:Philippe.Merle@lifl.fr">Philippe Merle</a> 36 * @version 0.1 37 */ 38 public interface Identifiable { 39 /** 40 * Obtains its identity. 41 * 42 * @return Its identity. 43 */ 44 public String 45 getIdentity(); 46 } 47