/* Alloy Analyzer 4 -- Copyright (c) 2006-2009, Felix Chang
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package edu.mit.csail.sdg.alloy4viz;
/** Immutable; it's the abstract superclass extended by AlloyType, AlloySet, and AlloyRelation.
*
* <p><b>Thread Safety:</b> Can be called only by the AWT event thread.
*/
public abstract class AlloyElement implements Comparable<AlloyElement> {
/** The name of the element. */
private final String name;
/** Returns the name of this element. */
public String getName() { return name; }
/** Constructs a new AlloyElement with that name. */
AlloyElement(String name) { this.name=name; }
}