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package com.oracle.nfi.api;
/**
* An opaque representation of a native library handle. A handle is obtained via
* {@link NativeFunctionInterface#getLibraryHandle(String)}. A handle is used to resolve a string to
* a {@linkplain NativeFunctionInterface#getFunctionHandle(String, Class, Class...) handle} or
* {@linkplain NativeFunctionInterface#getFunctionPointer(NativeLibraryHandle[], String) pointer}.
*/
public interface NativeLibraryHandle {
/**
* Gets a name for this library. This may be the path for the file from which the library was
* loaded.
*/
String getName();
}