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package com.alipay.sofa.common.utils;

/**
 * @author zhaowang
 * @version : Ordered.java, v 0.1 2020年10月23日 10:10 上午 zhaowang Exp $
 */
public interface Ordered {

    /**
     * Useful constant for the highest precedence value.
     * @see java.lang.Integer#MIN_VALUE
     */
    int HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

    /**
     * Useful constant for the lowest precedence value.
     * @see java.lang.Integer#MAX_VALUE
     */
    int LOWEST_PRECEDENCE  = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

    /**
     * Get the order value of this object.
     * Higher values are interpreted as lower priority. As a consequence,
     * the object with the lowest value has the highest priority (somewhat
     * analogous to Servlet {@code load-on-startup} values).
     * Same order values will result in arbitrary sort positions for the
     * affected objects.
     * @return the order value
     * @see #HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE
     * @see #LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
     */
    int getOrder();

}