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## oracle.olapi.metadata
Interface MetadataObject

All Known Implementing Classes:
  BaseMetadataObject, MdmObject, MdmProperty, FundamentalMetadataObject

public interface MetadataObject

An interface for an object that is accessed through a `MetadataProvider` and that describes a particular set of data, such as a sales measure, or a property of such data.

A `MetadataObject` has a unique identifier (ID) that persists from one `MetadataProvider` instance to another. Therefore, an application can store the ID for a given `MetadataObject` in one execution, and then it can use it in a later execution. Of course, repeated use assumes that the `MetadataObject` has not changed from execution to execution.

In addition to metadata and property classes, this interface is implemented by classes that represent fundamental operations such as addition and fundamental data types such as Integer. For the most part, these classes are used by internal OLAP API code, not by application developers.

Method Summary
`java.lang.String` | `getID()` Gets the unique identifier for this `MetadataObject`.

Method Detail

### getID

    public java.lang.String getID()

  Gets the unique identifier for this `MetadataObject`.
  Returns:
    A `String` that uniquely identifies this `MetadataObject`.

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