RepositoryObjectInterface.java

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package org.pentaho.di.repository;

/**
 * The RepositoryObjectInterface represents all objects that can come out of a repository, including directories
 * (RepositoryDirectoryInterface), elements such as TransMeta and JobMeta (RepositoryElementMetaInterface), and metadata
 * about elements (RepositoryElementMetaInterface).
 *
 * All repository objects have a name and id.
 */
public interface RepositoryObjectInterface {

  /**
   * The name of the repository object
   *
   * @return the name of the object
   */
  public String getName();

  /**
   * The id of the object
   *
   * @return the id of the object
   */
  public ObjectId getObjectId();

}