1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package org.jivesoftware.openfire;
18 
19 import java.io.Serializable;
20 
21 /**
22  * A unique identifier for a stream.
23  *
24  * @author Iain Shigeoka
25  */
26 public interface StreamID extends Serializable {
27 
28     /**
29      * Obtain a unique identifier for easily identifying this stream in
30      * a database.
31      *
32      * @return The unique ID for this stream
33      */
getID()34     String getID();
35 }
36