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package timeBench.data.util;

/**
 * Implements an interval whose endpoints are real numbers.
 */

public interface IntervalComparator {

    /**
     *
     * @param i The other interval.
     * @return true if this interval overlaps
     * i, false otherwise.
     */

	/**
	 * Returns whether two intervals overlap.
	 * @param lo1 the lower end of the 1st interval 
	 * @param hi1 the lower end of the 1st interval
	 * @param lo2 the upper end of the 2nd interval
	 * @param hi2 the upper end of the 2nd interval
	 */
	boolean match(long lo1, long hi1, long lo2, long hi2);

	int compare(long lo1, long hi1, long lo2, long hi2);
}