trunk/pluto-container/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/PortletWindowID.java

/*
 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package org.apache.pluto;

/**
 * The portlet window ID.
 * @author <a href="mailto:zheng@apache.org">ZHENG Zhong</a>
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface PortletWindowID {
	
	/**
	 * Returns the unique string ID of the portlet window.
	 * <p>
	 * Depending on the implementation of <code>toString()</code> is dangerous,
	 * because the original implementation in <code>Object</code> is not
	 * qualified.
	 * </p>
	 * @return the unique string ID of the portlet window.
	 */
	public String getStringId();
	
}