1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2011 Association for Decentralized Information Management
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3 * in Industry THTH ry.
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4 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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5 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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6 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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7 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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10 * VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation
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11 *******************************************************************************/
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12 package org.simantics.browsing.ui.common.property;
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15 * @author Tuukka Lehtonen
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17 public interface PropertyComparable {
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20 * @return a hash code calculated from the data parts that identify the
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21 * subject and the property, not the value of the property
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23 int propertyHashCode();
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26 * Tells whether this property represents the exact same property of the
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27 * same subject, regardless of the value of the property.
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29 * @param o another object (property)
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30 * @return <code>true</code> if both represent the same property of the same
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33 boolean propertyEquals(Object o);
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