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| * Copyright (c) 2003, 2005 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.wst.server.ui.internal.editor; |
| /** |
| * An object that has an absolute ordering, and can be ordered against other objects. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * [issue: It is notoriously difficult to place any kind of |
| * useful order on objects that are contributed independently by |
| * non-collaborating parties. The IOrdered mechanism is weak, and |
| * can't really solve the problem. Issues of presentation are usually |
| * best left to the UI, which can sort objects based on arbitrary |
| * properties.] |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * <p>This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.</p> |
| */ |
| public interface IOrdered { |
| /** |
| * Returns the order (index/priority). |
| * |
| * @return int |
| */ |
| public int getOrder(); |
| } |
