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 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
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package elemental.util;

import elemental.util.ArrayOfInt;

/**
 * A comparison function which imposes total ordering on a set of integers.
 *
 * @see ArrayOfInt#sort(CanCompareInt)
 */
public interface CanCompareInt {

  /**
   * Compares its two arguments for order.
   * 
   * @param a the first integer to be compared
   * @param b the second integer to be compared
   * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first
   *         argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second
   */
  int compare(int a, int b);
}