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package edu.tufts.vue.dsm;
/**
Repository OSID Assets may be present in VUE maps or other constructs. Since the
asset may have been fetched from a repository that required controlled access, we
store information about how to fetch the asset again rather than the asset itself.
Each asset has a unique id. The load key helps the VUE OsidFactory or a similar
utility in another application load the Repository that manages the Asset.
*/
public interface AssetReference
{
public String getOsidLoadKey();
public String getAssetIdString();
}