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* Copyright 2008 Federal Chancellery Austria and
* Graz University of Technology
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package at.gv.egiz.bku.slcommands.impl.xsect;

/**
 * A factory for creating <code>xsd:Id</code>-attribute values.
 * 
 * @author mcentner
 */
public interface IdValueFactory {

  /**
   * Creates a new <code>xsd:Id</code>-attribute value for an Element of the
   * given <code>elementName</code>.
   * 
   * @param elementName
   *          the local name of the element to create the value for
   * 
   * @return a <code>xsd:Id</code>-attribute value
   */
  public String createIdValue(String elementName);

}