accord-core/src/main/java/accord/api/Key.java

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package accord.api;

import accord.primitives.Range;
import accord.primitives.RoutableKey;
import accord.primitives.Seekable;

/**
 * A key we can find in both the cluster and on disk
 */
public interface Key extends Seekable, RoutableKey
{
    @Override
    default Key asKey() { return this; }

    @Override
    default Key slice(Range range) { return this; }

    @Override
    default Range asRange() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
}