| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2014 Ericsson |
| * |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are |
| * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which |
| * accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Bernd Hufmann - Initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.collapse; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.ITmfEvent; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for deciding whether an event can be collapsed with another event. |
| * |
| * @author Bernd Hufmann |
| */ |
| public interface ITmfCollapsibleEvent { |
| |
| /** |
| * Verifies if an event is similar to a given event and can be collapsed |
| * into one event. For example, an event can be seen as similar if all data |
| * of the events but the timestamp is equal. |
| * |
| * @param otherEvent |
| * an event to compare |
| * @return <code>true</code> if a given event is similar to another event |
| * else <code>false</code> |
| */ |
| boolean isCollapsibleWith(ITmfEvent otherEvent); |
| } |