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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.scplugin.model.adapter;
/**
* Names are often used to uniquely identify a model object within a set of
* objects of the same type. This interface allows those objects to be handled
* by client code that is only interested in that uniquely-identifying name.
*
* @version 10.1.3
* @author Pascal Filion
*/
public interface Nominative
{
/**
* Notifies a change in this nominative's name.
*/
public static final String NAME_PROPERTY = "name";
/**
* Returns the object's name.
*
* @return A non-<code>null</code> string representing the name of the object
*/
String getName();
}