001 /* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 018 package org.apache.commons.configuration; 019 020 /** 021 * Comparator for configurations interface. 022 * 023 * @since 1.0 024 * 025 * @author <a href="mailto:herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr">Herve Quiroz</a> 026 * @version $Revision: 439648 $, $Date: 2006-09-02 22:42:10 +0200 (Sa, 02 Sep 2006) $ 027 */ 028 public interface ConfigurationComparator 029 { 030 /** 031 * Compare two configuration objects. 032 * 033 * @param a the first configuration 034 * @param b the second configuration 035 * @return true if the two configurations are identical according to 036 * the implemented rules 037 */ 038 boolean compare(Configuration a, Configuration b); 039 } 040