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diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.compare/compare/org/eclipse/compare/structuremergeviewer/IStructureComparator.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.compare/compare/org/eclipse/compare/structuremergeviewer/IStructureComparator.java deleted file mode 100644 index b4bb8e0d0..000000000 --- a/bundles/org.eclipse.compare/compare/org/eclipse/compare/structuremergeviewer/IStructureComparator.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -/******************************************************************************* - * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 IBM Corporation and others. - * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials - * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 - * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at - * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html - * - * Contributors: - * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation - *******************************************************************************/ -package org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer; - -/** - * Interface used to compare hierarchical structures. - * It is used by the differencing engine. - * <p> - * Clients typically implement this interface in an adaptor class which - * wrappers the objects to be compared. - * - * @see org.eclipse.compare.ResourceNode - * @see Differencer - */ -public interface IStructureComparator { - - /** - * Returns an iterator for all children of this object or <code>null</code> - * if there are no children. - * - * @return an array with all children of this object, or an empty array if there are no children - */ - Object[] getChildren(); - - /** - * Returns whether some other object is "equal to" this one - * with respect to a structural comparison. For example, when comparing - * Java class methods, <code>equals</code> would return <code>true</code> - * if two methods have the same signature (the argument names and the - * method body might differ). - * - * @param other the reference object with which to compare - * @return <code>true</code> if this object is the same as the other argument; <code>false</code> otherwise - * @see java.lang.Object#equals - */ - boolean equals(Object other); -} |