/**
* Copyright (C) 2012-2017 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
* Software GmbH
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
* by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* If the program is linked with libraries which are licensed under one of
* the following licenses, the combination of the program with the linked
* library is not considered a "derivative work" of the program:
*
* - Apache License, version 2.0
* - Apache Software License, version 1.0
* - GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
* - Mozilla Public License, versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
* - Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0
*
* Therefore the distribution of the program linked with libraries licensed
* under the aforementioned licenses, is permitted by the copyright holders
* if the distribution is compliant with both the GNU General Public
* License version 2 and the aforementioned licenses.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
* Public License for more details.
*/
package org.n52.sos.config;
/**
* Generic class to implement a Order based on floating point numbers.
*
* @param <T>
* the type of the extending class
* <p/>
* @author Christian Autermann <c.autermann@52north.org>
* @since 4.0.0
*/
public interface Ordered<T extends Ordered<T>> extends Comparable<Ordered<?>> {
/**
* @return the order of this clas represented as a <code>float</code>
*/
float getOrder();
/**
* @param order
* the order
* <p/>
* @return <code>this</code>
*/
T setOrder(float order);
}