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#ifndef ARY_ENTITY_HXX
#define ARY_ENTITY_HXX

// BASE CLASSES
#include <ary/object.hxx>




namespace ary
{


/** Interface for every class, whose objects are searchable within the
    Autodoc Repository by an id.

    @todo
    Possibly make ->Set_Id() less public accessible.
*/
class Entity : public Object
{
  public:
    virtual             ~Entity() {}

    Rid                 Id() const;

    /// @attention Must be used only by ->ary::stg::Storage<>
    void                Set_Id(
                            Rid                 i_nId );
  protected:
                        Entity()      : nId(0) {}
  private:
    // DATA
    Rid                 nId;
};


inline Rid
Entity::Id() const
{
    return nId;
}

inline void
Entity::Set_Id(Rid i_nId)
{
    nId = i_nId;
}




}   // namespace ary
#endif