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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Adrien Hopkins
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.unitConverter.unit;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * An object that can hold one or more names, and possibly a symbol. The name
+ * and symbol data should be immutable.
+ *
+ * @since 2020-09-07
+ */
+public interface Nameable {
+	/**
+	 * @return a {@code NameSymbol} that contains this object's primary name,
+	 *         symbol and other names
+	 * @since 2020-09-07
+	 */
+	NameSymbol getNameSymbol();
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return set of alternate names
+	 * @since 2020-09-07
+	 */
+	default Set<String> getOtherNames() {
+		return this.getNameSymbol().getOtherNames();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return preferred name of object
+	 * @since 2020-09-07
+	 */
+	default Optional<String> getPrimaryName() {
+		return this.getNameSymbol().getPrimaryName();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return short symbol representing object
+	 * @since 2020-09-07
+	 */
+	default Optional<String> getSymbol() {
+		return this.getNameSymbol().getSymbol();
+	}
+}