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  package org.apache.cassandra.sidecar.common.server.cluster.locator;
  
  /**
   * A simplified mirror of {@code IPartitioner} in Cassandra
   */
  public interface Partitioner
  {
      /**
       * @return the minimum token of the partitioner
       *
       * Note that the minimum token is not assigned to any data, i.e. excluded from the token ring
       */
      Token minimumToken();
  
      /**
       * @return the maximum token of the partitioner
       *
       * Note that the maximum token is included in the token ring
       */
      Token maximumToken();
  
      /**
       * @return name of the Partitioner
       */
      default String name()
      {
          return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
      }
  }
  