StripedObject.java

/* Copyright (c) 2011 Danish Maritime Authority
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package eu.javaspecialists.tjsn.concurrency;

/**
 * Used to indicate which "stripe" this Runnable or Callable belongs to.  The
 * stripe is determined by the identity of the object, rather than its hash
 * code and equals.
 *
 * @author Dr Heinz M. Kabutz
 */
public interface StripedObject {
    Object getStripe();
}