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package be.unamur.inference.ngram;

/**
 * Defines methods to uniquely identify a given object.
 * 
 * @author Xavier Devroey - [email protected]
 * 
 * @param  The type of the object to identify.
 */
public interface ObjectKeyGenerator {

	/**
	 * Generates a unique key for the given T object.
	 * 
	 * @param object The T object to identify.
	 * @return A unique {@link String} for the given object.
	 */
	public String generateKey(T object);

}