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/*
 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
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 * 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
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 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared;

/**
 * A proxy for a server-side domain object.
 *
 * <p><span style='color:red'>RequestFactory has moved to
 * <code>com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory</code>.  This package will be
 * removed in a future version of GWT.</span></p>
 */
@Deprecated
public interface EntityProxy extends BaseProxy {
    /**
     * Returns the {@link EntityProxyId} that identifies a particular instance of
     * the type proxied by the receiver.
     * <p>
     * An id returned by a proxy newly created by {@link RequestContext#create}
     * {@link Object#equals(Object) equals} those returned later by proxies to the
     * persisted object.
     * <p>
     * Subtypes should override to declare they return a stable id of their own
     * type, to allow type safe use of the request objects returned by
     * {@link RequestFactory#find(EntityProxyId)}.
     *
     * @return an {@link EntityProxyId} instance
     */
    EntityProxyId<?> stableId();
}