// @(#)$Id: TrichotomousCompareTo.java,v 1.5 2005/07/07 21:03:09 leavens Exp $
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package org.jmlspecs.models.resolve;
/** Objects with a trichotomous compareTo operation.
* This is essentially the same as TotalCompareTo.
*
* @version $Revision: 1.5 $
* @author Gary T. Leavens
*/
public interface TrichotomousCompareTo extends TotalCompareTo {
/*@ public instance invariant
@ (\forall TrichotomousCompareTo x, y;
@ x != null && y != null;
@ x.compareTo(y) < 0 || x.compareTo(y) == 0
@ || x.compareTo(y) > 0);
@*/
}