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package com.gemstone.gemfire.lang;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * The Identifiable interface defines a contract for classes whose Object instances can be uniquely identified relative
 * to other Object instances within the same class type hierarchy.
 * 
 * @author John Blum
 * @param  the class type of the identifier.
 * @see java.lang.Comparable
 * @since 7.0
 */
public interface Identifiable> extends Serializable {

  /**
   * Gets the identifier uniquely identifying this Object instance.
   * 
   * @return an identifier uniquely identifying this Object.
   */
  public T getId();

}