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