HasGuid.java

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package gobblin.util.guid;

import java.io.IOException;


/**
 * Represents an object for which we can compute a unique, replicable {@link Guid}.
 */
public interface HasGuid {

  /**
   * @return the {@link Guid} for this object.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public Guid guid() throws IOException;

}