1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.apache.commons.configuration;
18
19 /***
20 * Comparator for configurations interface.
21 *
22 * @since 1.0
23 *
24 * @author <a href="mailto:herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr">Herve Quiroz</a>
25 * @version $Revision: 155408 $, $Date: 2005-02-26 13:56:39 +0100 (Sa, 26 Feb 2005) $
26 */
27 public interface ConfigurationComparator
28 {
29 /***
30 * Compare two configuration objects.
31 *
32 * @param a the first configuration
33 * @param b the second configuration
34 * @return true if the two configurations are identical according to
35 * the implemented rules
36 */
37 boolean compare(Configuration a, Configuration b);
38 }
39