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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code 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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.nfi.api;
+
+/**
+ * An opaque representation of a native library handle. A handle is obtained via
+ * {@link NativeFunctionInterface#getLibraryHandle(String)}. A handle is used to resolve a string to
+ * a {@linkplain NativeFunctionInterface#getFunctionHandle(String, Class, Class...) handle} or
+ * {@linkplain NativeFunctionInterface#getFunctionPointer(NativeLibraryHandle[], String) pointer}.
+ */
+public interface NativeLibraryHandle {
+    /**
+     * Gets a name for this library. This may be the path for the file from which the library was
+     * loaded.
+     */
+    String getName();
+}