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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * 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:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.pde.tools.versioning;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.MultiStatus;
+
+/**
+ * This interface provides methods to access to compare result information of a plugin or class
+ * <p>
+ * <b>Note:</b> This interface should not be implemented by clients.
+ * </p><p>
+ * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
+ * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
+ * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
+ * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface ICompareResult {
+	/**
+	 * gets MuliStatus instance which contains messages created when verify a plugin or class
+	 * @return MultiStatus instance 
+	 */
+	public MultiStatus getResultStatus();
+
+	/**
+	 * gets overall change happened on a plugin or class
+	 * <p>
+	 * The value of change is an int number of the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#ERROR_OCCURRED}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#MAJOR_CHANGE}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#MINOR_CHANGE}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#NEW_ADDED}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#NO_LONGER_EXIST}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#MICRO_CHANGE}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#QUALIFIER_CHANGE}</li>
+	 * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#NO_CHANGE}</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * </p>
+	 * @return change int number which indicates the overall change happened on a plugin or class
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#ERROR_OCCURRED
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#MAJOR_CHANGE
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#MINOR_CHANGE
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#NEW_ADDED
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#NO_LONGER_EXIST
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#MICRO_CHANGE
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#QUALIFIER_CHANGE
+	 * @see IVersionCompare#NO_CHANGE
+	 */
+	public int getChange();
+}