io.logspace.agent.shaded.mchange.v2.coalesce.CoalesceChecker Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Distributed as part of c3p0 v.0.9.1.1
*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Machinery For Change, Inc.
*
* Author: Steve Waldman
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this software; see the file LICENSE. If not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
package io.logspace.agent.shaded.mchange.v2.coalesce;
public interface CoalesceChecker
{
/**
* @return true iff a and b should be considered equivalent,
* so that a Coalescer should simply return whichever
* Object it considers canonical.
*/
public boolean checkCoalesce( Object a, Object b );
/**
* Any two objects for which checkCoalese() would return true must
* coalesce hash to the same value!!!
*/
public int coalesceHash( Object a );
}