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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Philip Helger (www.helger.com)
 * philip[at]helger[dot]com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package com.helger.tree.withid.folder;

import java.util.Collection;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import com.helger.commons.aggregate.IAggregator;
import com.helger.tree.withid.unique.ITreeItemWithUniqueIDFactory;

/**
 * A factory interface that creates tree items.
 *
 * @author Philip Helger
 * @param 
 *        Key type
 * @param 
 *        Value type
 * @param 
 *        Collection type consisting of value elements
 * @param 
 *        the implementation item type
 */
public interface IFolderTreeItemFactory , ITEMTYPE extends IFolderTreeItem >
                                        extends
                                        ITreeItemWithUniqueIDFactory 
{
  /**
   * @return The key combinator to be used to create global unique IDs.
   */
  @Nullable
  IAggregator  getKeyCombinator ();
}