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package org.molgenis.data.meta;

import org.molgenis.data.meta.model.Attribute;
import org.molgenis.data.meta.model.EntityType;

/** Generator for human readable entity type and attribute identifiers. */
public interface MetadataIdGenerator {
  /**
   * Generates a human readable identifier for the given entity type.
   *
   * @param entityType entity type
   * @return human readable entity type identifier
   */
  String generateId(EntityType entityType);

  /**
   * Generates a human readable identifier for the given attribute.
   *
   * @param attribute attribute
   * @return human readable attribute identifier
   */
  String generateId(Attribute attribute);
}