RecordIdentifier.java

/*
 * Copyright 2016 Christoph Böhme
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 the "License";
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package org.culturegraph.mf.xml;

/**
 * This interface declares methods for setting variables used by all record
 * sinks.
 *
 * @author dr0i
 *
 */
public interface RecordIdentifier {

	/**
	 * Sets the name property which will be used to create the name of the
	 * record of the sink. The value of this property should lead to a unique
	 * name because it will override existing ones.
	 *
	 * @param property
	 *            the property which will be used to extract a record name.
	 */
	public void setProperty(final String property);

}