1 package org.codehaus.mojo.jaxb2.schemageneration.postprocessing.javadoc;
2
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21
22 /**
23 * Common specification for a JavaDoc location which can be compared and sorted.
24 * JavaDoc locations must be comparable and also convert-able to unique strings.
25 *
26 * @author <a href="mailto:lj@jguru.se">Lennart Jörelid</a>, jGuru Europe AB
27 * @since 2.0
28 */
29 public interface SortableLocation extends Comparable<SortableLocation> {
30
31 /**
32 * Validates if the supplied path is equal to this SortableLocation.
33 *
34 * @param path The non-null path to compare to this SortableLocation.
35 * @return {@code true} if this SortableLocation is equal to the supplied path.
36 */
37 boolean isEqualToPath(final String path);
38
39 /**
40 * Retrieves the path of this SortableLocation. The path must uniquely correspond to each unique SortableLocation,
41 * implying that SortableLocations could be sorted and compared for equality using the path property.
42 *
43 * @return the path of this SortableLocation. Never null.
44 */
45 String getPath();
46 }