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/*
 * Units of Measurement Reference Implementation
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package tec.units.ri.function;

/**
 * Provides String name to implementations
 *
 * There is no requirement that a distinct result be returned each
 * time the supplier is invoked, unless implementing classes enforce it.
 * 
 * This is a functional interface
 * whose functional method is {@link #getName()}.
 * 
 * @version 0.5, 2014-06-28
 * @author Werner Keil
 */
//equivalent to @FunctionalInterface
public interface Nameable {
	
    /**
     * @return a name
     */
    String getName();
}