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package org.apache.giraph.factories;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;

/**
 * Factory class to create default vertex IDs.
 * A user can extend this class in order to customize the creation of new
 * vertex IDs when an vertex is created by the infrastructure.
 *
 * @param <I> Vertex ID
 */
public interface VertexIdFactory<I extends WritableComparable>
    extends ValueFactoryBase<I> {
  /**
   * Create a new edge value.
   *
   * @return new edge value.
   */
  I createVertexId();
}

