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 * $RCSfile$
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 * $Date: 2004-12-09 21:54:27 -0300 (Thu, 09 Dec 2004) $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package org.jivesoftware.openfire;

/**
 * A unique identifier for a stream.
 *
 * @author Iain Shigeoka
 */
public interface StreamID {

    /**
     * Obtain a unique identifier for easily identifying this stream in
     * a database.
     *
     * @return The unique ID for this stream
     */
    public String getID();
}