ILink.java

package com.vladium.utils;

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/**
 * Interface used internally for memory-efficient representations of names
 * of profile tree links between profile tree nodes.
 * 
 * @author (C) <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/columns/jw-qna-index.shtml">Vlad Roubtsov</a>, 2003
 */
interface ILink
{
    // public: ................................................................
    
    /**
     * Returns the string that will be used for a {@link IObjectProfileNode#name()}
     * implementation. It is expected that the implementation will generate
     * the return on every call to this method and not keep in memory. 
     */
    String name ();
    
} // end of interface
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