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package org.acegisecurity.acls.objectidentity;

/**
 * Strategy interface that provides the ability to determine which {@link ObjectIdentity}
 * will be returned for a particular domain object
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @version $Id: ObjectIdentityRetrievalStrategy.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $
 *
 */
public interface ObjectIdentityRetrievalStrategy {
    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    ObjectIdentity getObjectIdentity(Object domainObject);
}
