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/*
 * Copyright © 2013-2024, The SeedStack authors 
 *
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */
package org.seedstack.business.domain;

/**
 * A generator of identity for entities.
 *
 * @param  the identifier type.
 * @see IdentityService
 */
public interface IdentityGenerator {
    /**
     * Generate a new identifier for an entity of the specified class.
     *
     * @param          the entity type.
     * @param entityClass the entity class to generate an identity for.
     * @return the generated identifier.
     */
    > I generate(Class entityClass);
}