01: /*
02: * @(#)Compare.java 1.15 06/10/10
03: *
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27:
28: /**
29: * Compare: an interface to enable users to define the result of
30: * a comparison of two objects.
31: *
32: * @version 1.9, 02/02/00
33: * @author Sunita Mani
34: */package sun.misc;
35:
36: public interface Compare {
37:
38: /**
39: * doCompare
40: *
41: * @param obj1 first object to compare.
42: * @param obj2 second object to compare.
43: * @return -1 if obj1 < obj2, 0 if obj1 == obj2, 1 if obj1 > obj2.
44: */
45: public int doCompare(Object obj1, Object obj2);
46:
47: }
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