core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/ApplicationId.java

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package org.onosproject.core;


/**
 * Application identifier.
 */
public interface ApplicationId {

    /**
     * Returns the application id. This must be non-negative.
     * @return a short value
     */
    short id();

    /**
     * Returns the applications supplied identifier.
     * @return a string identifier
     */
    String name();

}