01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.core;
18:
19: /**
20: * Extension of the {@link Ordered} interface, expressing a 'priority'
21: * ordering: Order values expressed by PriorityOrdered objects always
22: * apply before order values of 'plain' Ordered values.
23: *
24: * <p>This is primarily a special-purpose interface, used for objects
25: * where it is particularly important to determine 'prioritized'
26: * objects first, without even obtaining the remaining objects.
27: * A typical example: Prioritized post-processors in a Spring
28: * {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext}.
29: *
30: * @author Juergen Hoeller
31: * @since 2.5
32: * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyResourceConfigurer
33: */
34: public interface PriorityOrdered extends Ordered {
35:
36: }
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