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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package signature.compare;
     18 
     19 import signature.compare.model.IApiDelta;
     20 import signature.model.IApi;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * {@code IApiComparator} defines the functionality of a signature comparator.
     24  */
     25 public interface IApiComparator {
     26 
     27     /**
     28      * Returns a difference model which describes the differences from {@code
     29      * fromApi} to {@code toApi}.
     30      *
     31      * @param fromApi
     32      *            differences are computed relative to {@code fromApi}
     33      * @param toApi
     34      *            the target signature model
     35      * @return a difference model which describes the differences from {@code
     36      *         fromApi} to {@code toApi}
     37      */
     38     IApiDelta compare(IApi fromApi, IApi toApi);
     39 }
     40