src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/Describable.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.profiler;

/**
 * Allows class to implement profiler-friendly (and user-friendly)
 * textual description of the object that would uniquely identify an object in
 * the profiler data dump.
 */
public interface Describable {

  /**
   * Returns textual description that will uniquely identify an object.
   */
  String describe();

}