code: /*
   * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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   */
  
  package tools.com.google.gson;
  
  import java.lang.reflect.Field;
  
  /**
   * A mechanism for providing custom field naming in Gson.  This allows the client code to translate
   * field names into a particular convention that is not supported as a normal Java field
   * declaration rules.  For example, Java does not support "-" characters in a field name.
   *
   * @author Inderjeet Singh
   * @author Joel Leitch
   * @since 1.3
   */
  public interface FieldNamingStrategy {
  
    /**
     * Translates the field name into its JSON field name representation.
     *
     * @param f the field object that we are translating
     * @return the translated field name.
     * @since 1.3
     */
    public String translateName(Field f);
  }
  