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package edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.util;

import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;

/**
 * A policy for resolving a name to a node controller id.   
 *
 */
public interface INodeResolver {

    /**
     * Resolve a passed-in value to a node controller id.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            string to be resolved
     * @return resolved result (a node controller id)
     * @throws AsterixException
     */
    public String resolveNode(String value) throws AsterixException;
}