1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/zone/ZoneApi.java b/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/zone/ZoneApi.java
index 08f9b81fec7..45d6bfbe370 100644
--- a/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/zone/ZoneApi.java
+++ b/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/zone/ZoneApi.java
@@ -10,14 +10,26 @@ import com.yahoo.config.provision.SystemName;
  * @author hakonhall
  */
 public interface ZoneApi {
+
     SystemName getSystemName();
 
     ZoneId getId();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the virtual ID of this zone. For ordinary zones this is the same as {@link ZoneApi#getId()}, for a
+     * system represented as a zone this is a fixed ID that is independent of the actual zone ID.
+     */
+    default ZoneId getVirtualId() {
+        return getId();
+    }
+
     default Environment getEnvironment() { return getId().environment(); }
+
     default RegionName getRegionName() { return getId().region(); }
 
     CloudName getCloudName();
 
     /** Returns the region name within the cloud, e.g. 'us-east-1' in AWS */
     String getCloudNativeRegionName();
+
 }