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019package org.apache.reef.wake.remote;
020
021
022import org.apache.reef.tang.annotations.DefaultImplementation;
023import org.apache.reef.wake.IdentifierFactory;
024import org.apache.reef.wake.remote.impl.DefaultRemoteIdentifierFactoryImplementation;
025
026/**
027 * Factory that creates a RemoteIdentifier.
028 */
029@DefaultImplementation(DefaultRemoteIdentifierFactoryImplementation.class)
030public interface RemoteIdentifierFactory extends IdentifierFactory {
031
032  /**
033   * Creates a RemoteIdentifier object. This narrows the return type specified
034   * in IdentifierFactory.
035   *
036   * @param str a string
037   * @return a remote identifier
038   */
039  @Override
040  RemoteIdentifier getNewInstance(String str);
041}