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package org.apache.shardingsphere.core.keygen.generator;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Key generator interface.
 *
 * @author zhangliang
 * @author panjuan
 */
public interface ShardingKeyGenerator {
    
    /**
     * Get type of key generator.
     * 
     * @return type
     */
    String getType();
    
    /**
     * Generate key.
     * 
     * @return generated key
     */
    Comparable<?> generateKey();
    
    /**
     * Get properties.
     * 
     * @return The properties of key generator
     */
    Properties getProperties();
    
    /**
     * Set Properties.
     * 
     * @param properties properties
     */
    void setProperties(Properties properties);
}

rename to ShardingKeyGenerator.java