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* Ontopia Engine
* #-
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* #-
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*
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*/
package net.ontopia.utils;
/**
* PUBLIC: Stringifies objects. The stringifier interface consists of
* one method called toString which takes a single Object
* argument. The return value is a string that is the string
* representation of that object.</p>
*/
public interface StringifierIF<T> {
/**
* Returns a stringified version of the object, i.e. a string
* representation of that object.
*
* @param object the object that is to be made a string
* representation of.
* @return a string representation of the <code>object</code>
* argument.
*/
public String toString(T object);
}