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11 package org.eclipse.jdt.launching;
12
13
14 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
15
16 /**
17  * Determines if container entries are duplicates/redundant on a runtime
18  * classpath. If an <code>IClasspathContianer</code> implements this interface,
19  * the <code>isDuplicate</code> method is used to determine if containers are
20  * duplicates/redundant. Otherwise, containers with the same identifier are
21  * considered duplicates.
22  *
23  * @since 2.0.1
24  * @deprecated support has been added to <code>ClasspathContainerInitializer</code>
25  * to handle comparison of classpath containers. Use
26  * <code>ClasspathContainerInitializer.getComparisonID(IPath,IJavaProject)</code>.
27  * When a classpath container implements this interface, this interface is
28  * used to determine equality before using the support defined in
29  * <code>ClasspathContainerInitializer</code>.
30  */
31 public interface IRuntimeContainerComparator {
32     
33     /**
34      * Returns whether this container is a duplicate of the container
35      * identified by the given path.
36      *
37      * @param containerPath the container to compare against
38      * @return whether this container is a duplicate of the container
39      * identified by the given path
40      */
41     public boolean isDuplicate(IPath containerPath);
42
43 }
44
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