[2146] | 1 | // Copyright 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany |
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| 2 | // |
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| 3 | // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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| 4 | // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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| 5 | // You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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| 6 | // |
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| 7 | // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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| 8 | // |
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| 9 | // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| 10 | // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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| 11 | // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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| 12 | // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| 13 | // limitations under the License. |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore; |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | import java.io.Serializable; |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | /** |
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| 20 | * <p> |
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| 21 | * Common interface for event target specifications. |
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| 22 | * </p> |
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| 23 | * |
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| 24 | * @version 1.1 |
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| 25 | * @author Patrick Harms, Steffen Herbold |
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| 26 | */ |
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| 27 | public interface IEventTargetSpec extends Serializable { |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | /** |
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| 30 | * <p> |
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| 31 | * Evaluates if two event target specifications are similar. Similar means that a heuristic |
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| 32 | * determines that the two event target specifications describe the same event target. |
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| 33 | * </p> |
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| 34 | * |
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| 35 | * @param other |
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| 36 | * specification whose similarity to this is evaluated |
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| 37 | * |
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| 38 | * @return true if the specifications are similar; false otherwise |
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| 39 | */ |
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| 40 | public boolean getSimilarity(IEventTargetSpec other); |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | /** |
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| 43 | * <p> |
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| 44 | * Defines that {@link IEventTargetSpec} implementations have to define equals. |
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| 45 | * </p> |
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| 46 | * |
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| 47 | * @see Object#equals(Object) |
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| 48 | */ |
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| 49 | @Override |
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| 50 | public boolean equals(Object other); |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | /** |
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| 53 | * <p> |
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| 54 | * Defines that {@link IEventTargetSpec} implementations have to define hashCode. |
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| 55 | * </p> |
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| 56 | * |
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| 57 | * @see Object#hashCode() |
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| 58 | */ |
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| 59 | @Override |
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| 60 | public int hashCode(); |
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| 61 | } |
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