/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2015 EfficiOS Inc., Alexandre Montplaisir
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Alexandre Montplaisir - Initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.tracecompass.segmentstore.core;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
/**
* Generic interface for any segment (like a time range) that can be used in the
* segment store.
*
* @author Alexandre Montplaisir
*/
public interface ISegment extends Serializable, Comparable<@NonNull ISegment> {
/**
* The start position/time of the segment.
*
* @return The start position
*/
long getStart();
/**
* The end position/time of the segment
*
* @return The end position
*/
long getEnd();
@Override
default int compareTo(@NonNull ISegment arg0) {
return SegmentComparators.INTERVAL_START_COMPARATOR
.thenComparing(SegmentComparators.INTERVAL_END_COMPARATOR)
.compare(this, arg0);
}
/**
* The length/duration of the segment.
*
* @return The duration
*/
default long getLength() {
return getEnd() - getStart();
}
}