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A pom the depends on all LAPPS Grid modules.

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/*
 * Copyright 2014 The Language Application Grid
 *
 * 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 org.lappsgrid.discriminator;


import java.net.*;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Discriminator objects are used to provide type information about
 * Data objects passed between LAPPS services.
 * 
 * Discriminators support multiple inheritance and a Discriminator may
 * have one or more parents.
 *
 * @author Keith Suderman
 *
 */
public interface Discriminator
{   
   long getId();
   String getUri();
   String getName();
   boolean isa(Discriminator discriminator);
   Set getAncestors();
}