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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jdt.launching;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
/**
* Determines if container entries are duplicates/redundant on a runtime
* classpath. If an <code>IClasspathContianer</code> implements this interface,
* the <code>isDuplicate</code> method is used to determine if containers are
* duplicates/redundant. Otherwise, containers with the same identifier are
* considered duplicates.
*
* @since 2.0.1
* @deprecated support has been added to <code>ClasspathContainerInitializer</code>
* to handle comparison of classpath containers. Use
* <code>ClasspathContainerInitializer.getComparisonID(IPath,IJavaProject)</code>.
* When a classpath container implements this interface, this interface is
* used to determine equality before using the support defined in
* <code>ClasspathContainerInitializer</code>.
*/
@Deprecated
public interface IRuntimeContainerComparator {
/**
* Returns whether this container is a duplicate of the container
* identified by the given path.
*
* @param containerPath the container to compare against
* @return whether this container is a duplicate of the container
* identified by the given path
*/
public boolean isDuplicate(IPath containerPath);
}