IResourceID.java

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package org.eclipse.ecf.core.identity;

import java.net.URI;

/**
 * Resource id. ID instances that implement this interface are expected to be
 * resources (files, directories, URLs, etc) and so can be identified via a
 * {@link URI}.
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 * 
 */
public interface IResourceID extends ID {

	/**
	 * Convert this resource ID to a {@link URI}.
	 * 
	 * @return URI for this resource ID
	 */
	public URI toURI();

}