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package org.apache.cassandra.dht.tokenallocator;

interface ReplicationStrategy<Unit>
{
    int replicas();

    
Returns a group identifier. getGroup(a) == getGroup(b) iff a and b are on the same group.
Returns:
Some hashable object./**
     * Returns a group identifier. getGroup(a) == getGroup(b) iff a and b are on the same group.
     * @return Some hashable object.
     */
    Object getGroup(Unit unit);
}