// AID-GENERATED
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// This class was generated by AID - Abstract Interface Definition          
// DO NOT MODIFY, but use the org.freehep.aid.Aid utility to regenerate it. 
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//  This file is part of the AIDA library
//  Copyright (C) 2002 by the AIDA team.  All rights reserved.
//  This library is free software and under the terms of the
//  GNU Library General Public License described in the LGPL.txt 
package hep.aida;


/**
 * An object which can be stored in a tree.
 * @see ITree
 *
 * @author The AIDA team (http://aida.freehep.org/)
 *
 */
 
public interface IManagedObject {

    /**
     * Get the name of an IManagedObject.
     * Names can only be changed using the ITree.mv().
     * @return The name of the IManagedObject.
     *
     */ 
    public String name();

    /**
     * Get the type of an IManagedObject.
     * The same string as the ITree::listObjectTypes() returns.
     * @return The type of the IManagedObject.
     *
     */ 
    public String type();
} // class or interface