// $Id: Named.java,v 1.4 2002-05-29 18:31:34 steve Exp $
/*
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* Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307,
* support@unidata.ucar.edu.
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*
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*/
package ucar.netcdf;
/**
* An interface for Named objects in netcdf.
* <p>
* It supports retrieval of the name.
* In the classes which implement this interface,
* the private name data is final; the name is the constant
* for the lifetime of an object.
*
* @author $Author: steve $
* @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2002-05-29 18:31:34 $
*/
interface Named {
/**
* returns the name which identifies this thing.
* @return String which identifies this thing.
*/
public String getName();
}