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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 University of Stuttgart.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * and the Apache License 2.0 which both accompany this distribution,
+ * and are available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * and http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Oliver Kopp - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.winery.common.ids.definitions;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.eclipse.winery.common.ids.Namespace;
+import org.eclipse.winery.common.ids.XMLId;
+import org.eclipse.winery.common.ids.elements.TOSCAElementId;
+
+/**
+ * ArtifactTemplates, PolicyTemplates, and ServiceTemplates are
+ * <em>directly nested</em> in a Definitions element. RelationshipTemplates and
+ * NodeTemplates are not. When approaching an EntityTemplateId, it is a thing
+ * directly nested in a Definitions element.
+ *
+ * The others have {@link TOSCAElementId} as parent
+ */
+public abstract class EntityTemplateId extends TOSCAComponentId {
+
+ public EntityTemplateId(Namespace namespace, XMLId xmlId) {
+ super(namespace, xmlId);
+ }
+
+ public EntityTemplateId(String ns, String id, boolean URLencoded) {
+ super(ns, id, URLencoded);
+ }
+
+ public EntityTemplateId(QName qname) {
+ super(qname);
+ }
+
+}