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1 | /******************************************************************************* |
2 | * Copyright (c) 2014 Ericsson | |
3 | * | |
4 | * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are | |
5 | * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which | |
6 | * accompanies this distribution, and is available at | |
7 | * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html | |
8 | * | |
9 | * Contributors: | |
10 | * Bernd Hufmann - Initial API and implementation | |
11 | *******************************************************************************/ | |
12 | package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.event.collapse; | |
13 | ||
14 | import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.event.ITmfEvent; | |
15 | ||
16 | /** | |
17 | * Interface for deciding whether an event can be collapsed with another event. | |
18 | * | |
19 | * @author Bernd Hufmann | |
a465519a | 20 | * @since 3.2 |
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21 | */ |
22 | public interface ITmfCollapsibleEvent { | |
23 | ||
24 | /** | |
25 | * Verifies if an event is similar to a given event and can be collapsed | |
26 | * into one event. For example, an event can be seen as similar if all data | |
27 | * of the events but the timestamp is equal. | |
28 | * | |
29 | * @param otherEvent | |
30 | * an event to compare | |
31 | * @return <code>true</code> if a given event is similar to another event | |
32 | * else <code>false</code> | |
33 | */ | |
34 | boolean isCollapsibleWith(ITmfEvent otherEvent); | |
35 | } |