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package org.openengsb.core.api;
import org.openengsb.core.api.security.annotation.Anonymous;
/**
* Every service published within the OpenEngSB context creates an instanceId, which identifies itself unique in the
* system. Those unique values are also interested directly from the code to identify which OpenEngSB someone is working
* with. The {@link #getInstanceId()} method returns exactly this unique id for each OpenEngSB service.
*/
public interface OpenEngSBService {
/**
* Each created service in the OpenEngSB has its own unique id which could be resolved from code by this method.
*/
@Anonymous
String getInstanceId();
}