1 package org.lcsim.detector.identifier;
2
3 /**
4 * A mixin interface for objects that have an associated {@link IIdentifier},
5 * {@link IExpandedIdentifier}, and an {@link IIdentifierHelper}
6 * for performing converting between these.
7 *
8 * @author Jeremy McCormick
9 * @version $Id: Identifiable.java,v 1.1 2008/05/15 22:06:12 jeremy Exp $
10 */
11 public interface Identifiable
12 {
13 /**
14 * Get the {@link IIdentifier} associated with this object.
15 * @return The Identifier.
16 */
17 public IIdentifier getIdentifier();
18
19 /**
20 * Get the {@link IExpandedIdentifier} associated with this object.
21 * Should use {@link IIdentifierHelper} to unpack the
22 * {@link IIdentifier}.
23 *
24 * @return The ExpandedIdentifier.
25 */
26 public IExpandedIdentifier getExpandedIdentifier();
27
28 /**
29 * Get the {@link IIdentifierHelper} associated with this object.
30 * @return The IdentifierHelper.
31 */
32 public IIdentifierHelper getIdentifierHelper();
33 }