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006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
008 *
009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010 *
011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015 * limitations under the License.
016 */
017 package org.apache.camel;
018
019 public interface NamedNode {
020
021 /**
022 * Gets the value of the id property.
023 */
024 String getId();
025
026 /**
027 * Returns a short name for this node which can be useful for ID generation or referring to related resources like images
028 *
029 * @return defaults to "node" but derived nodes should overload this to provide a unique name
030 */
031 String getShortName();
032
033 /**
034 * Returns the description text or null if there is no description text associated with this node
035 */
036 String getDescriptionText();
037
038 }