1 /*
2 * Copyright 2022 Búraló Technologies
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
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15 *
16 */
17 package com.buralotech.oss.identifier.api;
18
19 /**
20 * And identifier has a textual and binary representation.
21 */
22 public interface Identifier extends Comparable<Identifier> {
23
24 /**
25 * Get the textual representation of the identifier.
26 *
27 * @return The textual representation.
28 */
29 String text();
30
31 /**
32 * Get the binary representation of the identifier.
33 *
34 * @return The binary representation.
35 */
36 byte[] binary();
37 }