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package net.jxta.peer;


import net.jxta.id.ID;

import java.net.URI;


/**
 *  This class implements a PeerID. Each peer is assigned a unique peer id.
 *
 *  @see net.jxta.id.ID
 *  @see net.jxta.id.IDFactory
 *  @see net.jxta.peergroup.PeerGroupID
 */
public abstract class PeerID extends ID {
    
    /**
     * Creates an ID by parsing the given URI.
     *
     * <p>This convenience factory method works as if by invoking the
     * {@link net.jxta.id.IDFactory#fromURI(URI)} method; any 
     * {@link java.net.URISyntaxException} thrown is caught and wrapped in a 
     * new {@link IllegalArgumentException} object, which is then thrown.  
     *
     * <p> This method is provided for use in situations where it is known that
     * the given string is a legal ID, for example for ID constants declared
     * within in a program, and so it would be considered a programming error
     * for the URI not to parse as such.  The {@link net.jxta.id.IDFactory}, 
     * which throws {@link java.net.URISyntaxException} directly, should be used 
     * situations where a ID is being constructed from user input or from some 
     * other source that may be prone to errors. 
     *
     * @param  fromURI   The URI to be parsed into an ID
     * @return The new ID
     *
     * @throws  NullPointerException If {@code fromURI} is {@code null}.
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException If the given URI is not a valid ID.
     */
    public static PeerID create(URI fromURI) {
        return (PeerID) ID.create(fromURI);
    }
    
    /**
     *  {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public PeerID intern() {
        return (PeerID) super.intern();
    }
    
    /**
     *  Returns PeerGroupID of the Peer Group to which this Peer ID belongs.
     *
     *  @return PeerGroupID of the Peer Group to which this Peer ID belongs.
     */
    public abstract ID getPeerGroupID();
}