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      1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 package org.chromium.chrome.browser.identity;
      6 
      7 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
      8 
      9 /**
     10  * Interface used for uniquely identifying an installation of Chrome. To get an instance you should
     11  * use {@link UniqueIdentificationGeneratorFactory}.
     12  */
     13 public interface UniqueIdentificationGenerator {
     14     /**
     15      * Creates a string that uniquely identifies this installation.
     16      * <p/>
     17      * If there is an error in generating the string, an empty string must be returned, not null.
     18      *
     19      * @param salt the salt to use for the unique ID.
     20      * @return a unique ID. On failure to generate, it must return the empty string.
     21      */
     22     String getUniqueId(@Nullable String salt);
     23 }
     24