// Copyright 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usageprofiles; /** *
* This interface can be used for implementing comparison strategies for symbols. *
* * @author Patrick Harms */ public interface SymbolComparator
* compares two symbols and returns true, if the concrete comparison strategy sees both
* symbols as equal. The method must be commutative, i.e.,
* equals(symbol1, symbol2) == equals(symbol2, symbol1)
.
*