AwsRegionProvider.java

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package com.amazonaws.regions;

import com.amazonaws.SdkClientException;

/**
 * Interface for providing AWS region information. Implementations are free to use any strategy for
 * providing region information.
 */
public abstract class AwsRegionProvider {

    /**
     * @return Region name to use or null if region information is not available.
     */
    public abstract String getRegion() throws SdkClientException;

}