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DSS Model contains the data model representation for DSS

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/**
 * DSS - Digital Signature Services
 * Copyright (C) 2015 European Commission, provided under the CEF programme
 * 
 * This file is part of the "DSS - Digital Signature Services" project.
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
package eu.europa.esig.dss.model.identifier;

/**
 * Generates a String identifier for a given token (e.g. {@code eu.europa.esig.dss.validation.AdvancedSignature},
 * {@code eu.europa.esig.dss.model.x509.CertificateToken}, etc.).
 *
 * Caches the calculated values and takes care of duplicates
 */
public interface TokenIdentifierProvider {

    /**
     * Gets a {@code String} identifier for a given object
     *
     * @param object {@link IdentifierBasedObject} to get String id for
     * @return {@link String}
     */
    String getIdAsString(IdentifierBasedObject object);

}