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/* This file is part of the OWL API.
 * The contents of this file are subject to the LGPL License, Version 3.0.
 * Copyright 2014, The University of Manchester
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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.providers;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.NodeID;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAnonymousIndividual;

/**
 * An interface to an object that can provide instances if
 * {@link OWLAnonymousIndividual}.
 *
 * @author Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group
 * @since 5.0.0
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface AnonymousIndividualProvider extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Gets an {@link OWLAnonymousIndividual}. The {@link NodeID} for the
     * individual will be generated automatically. Successive invocations of
     * this method (on this object) will result in instances of
     * {@link OWLAnonymousIndividual} that do not have {@link NodeID}s that have
     * been used previously.
     *
     * @return The instance of {@link OWLAnonymousIndividual}.
     * @see AnonymousIndividualByIdProvider
     */
    OWLAnonymousIndividual getOWLAnonymousIndividual();
}