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+// Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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 the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for creating artifacts from their serialized representations.
+ *
+ * @see ArtifactDeserializer
+ */
+public interface ArtifactSerializer {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a number that uniquely identifies an artifact.
+   *
+   * <p>The artifact can be retrieved again later by calling
+   * {@link ArtifactDeserializer#lookupArtifactById}.
+   */
+  int getArtifactId(Artifact artifact);
+}