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package com.phloc.commons.parent;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* This interface can be used to generically resolved children of a certain
* object.
*
* @author Philip Helger
* @param
* The key type
* @param
* the value type
*/
public interface IChildrenProviderWithUniqueID extends IChildrenProvider
{
/**
* Retrieve the objects with the passed ID or null
if no such
* object.
*
* @param aID
* the ID of the object in question
* @return the object with the passed ID or null
*/
@Nullable
CHILDTYPE getItemWithID (@Nullable KEYTYPE aID);
}