1 /*
2 * Copyright 2000-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
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
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15 *
16 */
17 package org.apache.bcel.util;
18
19 /***
20 * Used for BCEL comparison strategy
21 *
22 * @author <A HREF="mailto:m.dahm@gmx.de">M. Dahm</A>
23 * @version $Id: BCELComparator.java 410087 2006-05-29 12:12:19Z tcurdt $
24 * @since 5.2
25 */
26 public interface BCELComparator {
27
28 /***
29 * Compare two objects and return what THIS.equals(THAT) should return
30 *
31 * @param THIS
32 * @param THAT
33 * @return true if and only if THIS equals THAT
34 */
35 public boolean equals( Object THIS, Object THAT );
36
37
38 /***
39 * Return hashcode for THIS.hashCode()
40 *
41 * @param THIS
42 * @return hashcode for THIS.hashCode()
43 */
44 public int hashCode( Object THIS );
45 }