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package org.jboss.solder.util;
/**
* A Sortable class is given a precedence which is used to decide it's relative
* order
*
* @author Pete Muir
*/
public interface Sortable {
/**
* A comparator which can order Sortables
*
* @author Pete Muir
*/
public class Comparator implements java.util.Comparator<Sortable> {
public int compare(Sortable arg1, Sortable arg2) {
return -1 * Integer.valueOf(arg1.getPrecedence()).compareTo(Integer.valueOf(arg2.getPrecedence()));
}
}
/**
* An integer precedence value that indicates how favorable the
* implementation considers itself amongst alternatives. A higher value is a
* higher precedence. If two implementations have the save precedence, the
* order is undetermined.
*/
public int getPrecedence();
}