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1   /* CharSequenceProvider
2   *
3   * $Id: CharSequenceProvider.java 3283 2005-03-30 20:24:30Z gojomo $
4   *
5   * Created on Mar 17, 2005
6   *
7   * Copyright (C) 2005 Internet Archive.
8   *
9   * This file is part of the Heritrix web crawler (crawler.archive.org).
10  *
11  * Heritrix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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24  */
25  package org.archive.extractor;
26  
27  /***
28   * Interface indicating an object can efficiently provide a 
29   * (perhaps cached or simulated) CharSequence version of itself.
30   * 
31   * @author gojomo
32   */
33  public interface CharSequenceProvider {
34  
35      /***
36       * @return CharSequence linked/cached/implied by this object
37       */
38      CharSequence getCharSequence();
39  
40  }