/**
 *  Copyright (C) 2002-2007  The FreeCol Team
 *
 *  This file is part of FreeCol.
 *
 *  FreeCol is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  FreeCol is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with FreeCol.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */


package net.sf.freecol.common.model;

/**
 * An object that has a proper name, such as a Settlement, Unit or
 * Player. Do not use this for objects that derive their name from
 * their type, such as Building, or Tile, or from other fields. Do not
 * use this to localize names, either. Use Messages.getName() and
 * similar methods instead.
 */
public interface Named {

    /**
     * Gets the name of this <code>Named</code> object.
     *
     * @return The name of the <code>Named</code> object.
     */
    public String getName();

}
