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 package org.apache.commons.id;

 /**

  * <code>LongIdentifier</code> defines a simple interface for

  * Long based identifier generation.

  *

  * @author Commons-Id team

  * @version $Id: LongIdentifierGenerator.java 480488 2006-11-29 08:57:26Z bayard $

  */

 public interface LongIdentifierGenerator extends IdentifierGenerator {

     /**

      * Gets the next identifier in the sequence.

      *

      * @return the next Long identifier in sequence

      */

     Long nextLongIdentifier();

     /**

      * Returns the maximum value of an identifier from this generator.

      *

      * @return the maximum identifier value

      */

     long maxValue();

     /**

      * Returns the minimum value of an identifier from this generator.

      *

      * @return the minimum identifier value

      */

     long minValue();

 }