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+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package framework
+
+// NamespacedName comprises a resource name, with a mandatory namespace,
+// rendered as "<namespace>/<name>". It implements NamedObject and thus can be
+// used as function parameter instead of a full API object.
+type NamespacedName struct {
+	Namespace string
+	Name      string
+}
+
+var _ NamedObject = NamespacedName{}
+
+// NamedObject is a subset of metav1.Object which provides read-only access
+// to name and namespace of an object.
+type NamedObject interface {
+	GetNamespace() string
+	GetName() string
+}
+
+// GetNamespace implements NamedObject.
+func (n NamespacedName) GetNamespace() string {
+	return n.Namespace
+}
+
+// GetName implements NamedObject.
+func (n NamespacedName) GetName() string {
+	return n.Name
+}
+
+// String returns the general purpose string representation
+func (n NamespacedName) String() string {
+	return n.Namespace + "/" + n.Name
+}