/*
* File: SemanticLabel.java
* Authors: Justin Basilico and Kevin R. Dixon
* Company: Sandia National Laboratories
* Project: Cognitive Framework Lite
*
* Copyright February 10, 2006, Sandia Corporation. Under the terms of Contract
* DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive license for use of this work by
* or on behalf of the U.S. Government. Export of this program may require a
* license from the United States Government. See CopyrightHistory.txt for
* complete details.
*
*
*/
package gov.sandia.cognition.framework;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* This interface defines what a semantic label should have.
*
* @author Justin Basilico
* @author Kevin R. Dixon
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface SemanticLabel
extends Serializable
{
/**
* Gets the human-readable name of the label.
*
* @return The name of the label
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Computes the hash-code for the label.
*
* @return The hash-code for the label
*/
public int hashCode();
/**
* Determines if this label is equal to a given object.
*
* @param other The object to compare to
* @return True if the objects are equal and false otherwise
*/
public boolean equals(
Object other);
}