1 /*==================================================================== 2 3 ObjectWeb Transaction Working Group API 4 Contact: http://www.objectweb.org 5 6 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 10 11 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 19 USA 20 21 Initial developer(s): Romain Rouvoy. 22 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 23 24 ====================================================================*/ 25 package org.objectweb.transaction.api.stamp; 26 27 /** 28 * Representation of a Stamp 29 * 30 * @author <a HREF="mailto:Romain.Rouvoy@lifl.fr">Romain Rouvoy</a> 31 * @version 0.1 32 */ 33 public interface Stamp 34 { 35 /** 36 * Compare two Stamp for ordering them. 37 * @param s the stamp to compare to the current one. 38 * @return 0 is stamps are equivalent, < 0 if current stamp is inferior to the parameter and > 0 in the other case. 39 */ 40 public int compare(Stamp s); 41 } 42