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/*
 * Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you 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:
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package io.netty.channel;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Represents the globally unique identifier of a {@link Channel}.
 * <p>
 * The identifier is generated from various sources listed in the following:
 * <ul>
 * <li>MAC address (EUI-48 or EUI-64) or the network adapter, preferrably a globally unique one,
 * <li>the current process ID,
 * <li>{@link System#currentTimeMillis()},
 * <li>{@link System#nanoTime()},
 * <li>a random 32-bit integer, and
 * <li>a sequentially incremented 32-bit integer.
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * The global uniqueness of the generated identifier mostly depends on the MAC address and the current process ID,
 * which are auto-detected at the class-loading time in best-effort manner.  If all attempts to acquire them fail,
 * a warning message is logged, and random values will be used instead.  Alternatively, you can specify them manually
 * via system properties:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@code io.netty.machineId} - hexadecimal representation of 48 (or 64) bit integer,
 *     optionally separated by colon or hyphen.</li>
 * <li>{@code io.netty.processId} - an integer between 0 and 65535
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 */
public interface ChannelId extends Serializable, Comparable<ChannelId> {
    /**
     * Returns the short but globally non-unique string representation of the {@link ChannelId}.
     */
    String asShortText();

    /**
     * Returns the long yet globally unique string representation of the {@link ChannelId}.
     */
    String asLongText();
}