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package org.apache.geode.sequence;
/**
* An interface for mapping a lifeline name to a shorter version of the same line. This could also
* consolodate multiple lifelines onto a single line.
*
* The most common case for this is that a lifeline represents a VM that is restarted several times.
* Eg time, the line name changes, but we want to put all of the states for that "logical" vm on the
* same line.
*
*/
public interface LineMapper {
/**
* Return the short name for this lifeline.
*/
public String getShortNameForLine(String lineName);
}