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  package com.datastax.oss.driver.internal.core.metadata.token;
  
  import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.metadata.token.Token;
  import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.metadata.token.TokenRange;
  import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
  
  /** Manages token instances for a partitioner implementation. */
  public interface TokenFactory {
  
    String getPartitionerName();
  
    Token hash(ByteBuffer partitionKey);
  
    Token parse(String tokenString);
  
    String format(Token token);
  
    /**
     * The minimum token is a special value that no key ever hashes to, it's used both as lower and
     * upper bound.
     */
    Token minToken();
  
    TokenRange range(Token start, Token end);
  }
  