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 * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package org.onosproject.cluster;

import org.onlab.util.Identifier;

/**
 * Controller cluster identity.
 */
public final class NodeId extends Identifier<String> implements Comparable<NodeId> {

    /**
     * Constructor for serialization.
     */
    private NodeId() {
        super("");
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new cluster node identifier from the specified string.
     *
     * @param id string identifier
     */
    public NodeId(String id) {
        super(id);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new cluster node identifier from the specified string.
     *
     * @param id string identifier
     * @return node id
     */
    public static NodeId nodeId(String id) {
        return new NodeId(id);
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(NodeId that) {
        return identifier.compareTo(that.identifier);
    }

}