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 * Copyright (c) 2016-2022 chronicle.software
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 *     https://chronicle.software
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package net.openhft.chronicle.bytes;

public interface DistributedUniqueTimeDeduplicator {

    /**
     * Compare this new timestamp to the previously retained timstamp for the hostId
     *
     * @param timestampHostId to compare
     * @return -1 if the timestamp is older, 0 if the same, +1 if newer
     */
    int compareByHostId(long timestampHostId);

    /**
     * Compare this new timestamp to the previously retained timestamp for the hostId and retaining the timestamp
     *
     * @param timestampHostId to compare
     * @return -1 if the timestamp is older, 0 if the same, +1 if newer
     */
    int compareAndRetainNewer(long timestampHostId);
}