UnboxedComparable.java

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package com.sun.electric.database.geometry.btree.unboxed;

import java.io.*;

/**
 *  An unboxed which is <tt>Comparable</tt>, and for which the
 *  comparison can be performed directly on the unboxed form.
 */
public interface UnboxedComparable<V extends Serializable & Comparable>
    extends Unboxed<V> {

    /** Same as Comparable.compare(), but operates directly on serialized representation */
    public int compare(byte[] buf1, int ofs1, byte[] buf2, int ofs2);
  
}