org.eclipse.jdt.junit.runtime/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/junit/runner/IElementComparer.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner;

/**
 * This is a copy of IElementComparer from org.eclipse.jface.viewers
 */
public /* package */ interface IElementComparer {

	/**
	 * Compares two elements for equality
	 *
	 * @param a the first element
	 * @param b the second element
	 * @return whether a is equal to b
	 */
	boolean equals(Object a, Object b);

	/**
	 * Returns the hash code for the given element.
	 *
	 * @param element the element
	 * @return the hash code for the given element
	 */
	int hashCode(Object element);
}