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Simple, but powerful Renderer pattern implementation for Android Adapters.

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Saúl Díaz
 *
 * 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * 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
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.sefford.brender.interfaces;

/**
 * Renderable interface will allow objects to provide Renderers IDs.
 * 
 * While other implementations are more loose, Brender default behavior enforces that this ID must be an unique
 * layout identifier.
 * 

 * By doing so we gain some advantages like a straightforward comparison of compatible Renderers,
 * where several objects can be rendered with the same layout ID, thus reducing the code base for Renderer classes.
 * 
 * If you want to Render unrelated elements, a good tip is to target a common Interface for the Renderer.
 *
 * @author Saul Diaz 
 */
public interface Renderable {

    /**
     * Gets the Renderer ID of the Renderable.
     *
     * @return ID of the Renderable
     */
    int getRenderableId();
}