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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2005 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.wst.server.ui.internal.editor;
+/**
+ * An object that has an absolute ordering, and can be ordered against other objects.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * [issue: It is notoriously difficult to place any kind of
+ * useful order on objects that are contributed independently by
+ * non-collaborating parties. The IOrdered mechanism is weak, and
+ * can't really solve the problem. Issues of presentation are usually
+ * best left to the UI, which can sort objects based on arbitrary
+ * properties.]
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.</p>
+ * 
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public interface IOrdered {
+	/**
+	 * Returns the order (index/priority).
+	 * 
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public int getOrder();
+}
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