Nominative.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.scplugin.model.adapter;

/**
 * Names are often used to uniquely identify a model object within a set of
 * objects of the same type. This interface allows those objects to be handled
 * by client code that is only interested in that uniquely-identifying name.
 *
 * @version 10.1.3
 * @author Pascal Filion
 */
public interface Nominative
{
    /**
     * Notifies a change in this nominative's name.
     */
    public static final String NAME_PROPERTY = "name";

    /**
     * Returns the object's name.
     *
     * @return A non-<code>null</code> string representing the name of the object
     */
    String getName();
}