| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.compare; |
| |
| /** |
| * Common interface for objects with a modification date. The modification date |
| * can be used in the UI to give the user a general idea of how old an object is. |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface. |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| public interface IModificationDate { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the modification time of this object. |
| * <p> |
| * Note that this value should only be used to give the user a general idea of how |
| * old the object is. |
| * |
| * @return the time of last modification, in milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT |
| */ |
| long getModificationDate(); |
| } |
