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package org.mobicents.protocols.ss7.map.api.primitives;



import java.io.Serializable;



/**

 * IMSI ::= TBCD-STRING (SIZE (3..8)) -- digits of MCC, MNC, MSIN are

 * concatenated in this order.

 * TBCD-STRING ::= OCTET STRING

	-- This type (Telephony Binary Coded Decimal String) is used to

	-- represent several digits from 0 through 9, *, #, a, b, c, two

	-- digits per octet, each digit encoded 0000 to 1001 (0 to 9),

	-- 1010 (*), 1011 (#), 1100 (a), 1101 (b) or 1110 (c); 1111 used

	-- as filler when there is an odd number of digits.



	-- bits 8765 of octet n encoding digit 2n

	-- bits 4321 of octet n encoding digit 2(n-1) +1

 * 

 * @author sergey vetyutnev

 * 

 */

public interface IMSI extends Serializable {



	/**

	 * Returns all digits of IMSI (MCC+MNC+MSIN)

	 * @return

	 */

	public String getData();



}