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/**
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; under version 2
 * of the License (non-upgradable).
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2008 (original work) Public Research Centre Henri Tudor & University of Luxembourg (under the project TAO & TAO2);
 *               2008-2010 (update and modification) Deutsche Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (under the project TAO-TRANSFER);
 *               2009-2012 (update and modification) Public Research Centre Henri Tudor (under the project TAO-SUSTAIN & TAO-DEV);
 *
 */

/**
 * Classes that implement this class claims their instances are serializable and
 * be identified by a unique serial string.
 *
 * @author Jerome Bogaerts, <jerome.bogaerts@tudor.lu>
 * @package generis

 */
interface common_Serializable
{


    // --- OPERATIONS ---

    /**
     * Obtain a serial for the instance of the class that implements the
     *
     * @access public
     * @author Jerome Bogaerts, <jerome.bogaerts@tudor.lu>
     * @return string
     */
    public function getSerial();
} /* end of interface common_Serializable */