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/**
 * AnalyzerBeans
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
 *
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 *
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 * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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 */
package org.eobjects.analyzer.util;

import org.apache.metamodel.util.HasName;

/**
 * Represents any object (typically a {@link HasName} instance) which has
 * aliases also. Aliases are typically used either to provide fault tolerance or
 * to support renaming components or properties and retaining backwards
 * compatibility.
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface HasAliases {

	/**
	 * Gets alias names for this object
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public String[] getAliases();
}