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package org.netbeans.modules.vcscore.cache;

/** Interface that all cached filesystems should implement in order to work smoothly with the cache.
 *
 * @author  mkleint
 * @version 
 */
public interface CachedFileSystem {

    /** returns the fielsystem's id string that makes sure the right cache instance is found for the filesystem.
     * If more filesystems share same cache, one string is to be returned. Otherwise each fs needs to return it's own value.
     * Reccomendation: construct the ID in the following manner:
     *  []
     */
    public String getCacheId();
    
}