referential.java

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/*
 * Referential.java
 * Copyright (C) 1999 dog <[e-mail]>
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 * 
 * You may retrieve the latest version of this library from
 * http://www.dog.net.uk/knife/
 */

package dog.util;

/**
 * An interface implemented by objects that maintain an external object reference.
 * <p>
 * This reference can be used to tag objects with a datasource id or store a hashtable of associated values.
 *
 * @author [e-mail]
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface Referential {

	/**
	 * Returns the object reference.
	 */
	public Object getReference();

	/**
	 * Sets the object reference.
	 * @param reference the object reference to store.
	 */
	public void setReference(Object reference);

}