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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */ 
+
+package org.wamblee.persistence;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for persistent objects. This defines required functionality for all objects
+ * that are persisted. 
+ * 
+ * Objects that implement this interface and which implement 
+ * {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}
+ * should exclude the primary key and version from determining equality. 
+ */
+public interface Persistent {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the primary key. 
+     * @return Primary key.
+     * @see #setPrimaryKey(Serializable) 
+     */
+    Serializable getPrimaryKey(); 
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the primary key. 
+     * @param aKey Primary key.
+     * @see #getPrimaryKey() 
+     */
+    void setPrimaryKey(Serializable aKey); 
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the version. 
+     * @return Version. 
+     * @see #setPersistedVersion(int)
+     */
+    int getPersistedVersion(); 
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the version. 
+     * @param aVersion Version. 
+     * @see #getPersistedVersion()
+     */
+    void setPersistedVersion(int aVersion); 
+}