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l2jserver2/src/main/java/com/l2jserver/model/id/provider/IDProvider.java
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/*
* This file is part of l2jserver <l2jserver.com>.
*
* l2jserver is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* l2jserver 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with l2jserver. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package com.l2jserver.model.id.provider;
import com.l2jserver.model.id.ID;
/**
* ID objects should never be directly instantiated and an provider
* implementation must be used to create and generate them.
* <p>
*
* The ID provider is used to create instances of IDs. It will automatically
* make sure the ID is free before allocating it.
* <p>
* The provider will also make sure only a single instance for each raw ID
* exits, that is for any given ID instance for raw value <b>1</b> only a single
* object will be created and following calls will always return the same
* object.
*
* @author <a href="http://www.rogiel.com">Rogiel</a>
*/
public interface IDProvider<I, T extends ID<I>> {
/**
* Creates the ID object for an <b>EXISTING</b> ID.
*
* @param id
* @return
*/
T resolveID(I id);
}