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+/**
+ * ============LICENSE_START==========================================
+ * org.onap.aai
+ * ===================================================================
+ * Copyright © 2017-2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © 2017-2018 Amdocs
+ * ===================================================================
+ * 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.aai.modelloader.entity.model;
+
+/**
+ * Defines methods for c
+ */
+public interface IModelId {
+
+    /**
+     * This method is responsible for using the values in the supplied Pair to set the id of the model.
+     *
+     * The definition of what the relationship will be is defined by the implementation.  Some model ids would have
+     * single key/value pairs, others would have a composite key.
+     *
+     * Where the id of the model is a composite key multiple calls to this method will be required to successfully set
+     * the relationship in order to meet the rules of {@link #defined}
+     *
+     * @param pair object representing a key and its value.
+     */
+    void setRelationship(Pair<String, String> pair);
+
+    /**
+     * This method indicates whether the id of the model has been defined according to the rules of the specific model
+     * implemented.
+     *
+     * Usually defined means that all properties that make up the key have been set.
+     *
+     * @return boolean <code>true</code> if the id of the model has been defined otherwise <code>false</code>
+     */
+    boolean defined();
+}