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/**
* $Revision: $
* $Date: $
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
*
* This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL),
* a copy of which is included in this distribution.
*/
package org.jivesoftware.openfire.resultsetmanager;
/**
* Elements from a result set as defined by XEP-0059 have certain
* characteristics. This interface defines these characteristics.
*
* Applying this interface to a class will allow you to use ResultSet operations
* on collections of your class. In other words: you are making collections of
* your class managable/navigable.
*
* @author Guus der Kinderen, guus@nimbuzz.com
* @see <a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0059.html">XEP-0059: Result Set Management</a>
*/
public interface Result {
/**
* Returns a unique identifier for this Result. Each element in a ResultSet
* must have a distinct UIDs.
*
* XEP-0059 says: <quote>(...) the UIDs are
* unique in the context of all possible members of the full result set.
* Each UID MAY be based on part of the content of its associated item (...)
* or on an internal table index. Another possible method is to serialize
* the XML of the item and then hash it to generate the UID. Note: The
* requesting entity MUST treat all UIDs as opaque.</quote>
*
* @return Unique ID of the Result
*/
public String getUID();
}