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| /* |
| * $Id: DOMOrder.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $ |
| */ |
| package org.apache.xml.utils; |
| |
| /** |
| * @deprecated Since the introduction of the DTM, this class will be removed. |
| * Nodes that implement this index can return a document order index. |
| * Eventually, this will be replaced by DOM 3 methods. |
| * (compareDocumentOrder and/or compareTreePosition.) |
| */ |
| public interface DOMOrder |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Get the UID (document order index). |
| * |
| * @return integer whose relative value corresponds to document order |
| * -- that is, if node1.getUid()<node2.getUid(), node1 comes before |
| * node2, and if they're equal node1 and node2 are the same node. No |
| * promises are made beyond that. |
| */ |
| public int getUid(); |
| } |