/*
* Copyright 2015 Lukas Krejci
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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*/
package org.revapi;
/**
* Enumerates the possible severities of differences found during the API analysis.
*
* <p>The difference doesn't have a single severity, rather it can have different severity for each
* {@link org.revapi.CompatibilityType}.
*
* @author Lukas Krejci
* @since 0.1
*/
public enum DifferenceSeverity {
/**
* The difference doesn't produce any visible change from the user's perspective.
*/
EQUIVALENT,
/**
* The difference doesn't cause any breakage in given compatibility type
*/
NON_BREAKING,
/**
* Under certain circumstances the difference is breaking the compatibility of given type.
*/
POTENTIALLY_BREAKING,
/**
* The difference definitely breaks the compatibility of given type.
*/
BREAKING
}