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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">ExternalResourceDependency</span>
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<div class="block">An <code>ExternalResourceDependency</code> object describes an resources's requirements on an
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<li>A key, by which the annotator will identify the resource.</li>
<li>A textual description of the resource dependency.</li>
<li>The name of a Java interface through which the data will be accessed. This is optional; if
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