Move alltests plugin to the Trace Compass namespace

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package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.ui.views.uml2sd.core;

import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.timestamp.ITmfTimestamp;

/**
 * A interface for handling time ranges.
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author sveyrier
 */
public interface ITimeRange {

    /**
     * Returns the time when the message began.
     * @return the time when the message began
     * @since 2.0
     */
    ITmfTimestamp getStartTime();

    /**
     * Returns the time when the message ended.
     *
     * @return the time when the message ended
     * @since 2.0
     */
    ITmfTimestamp getEndTime();

    /**
     * Returns flag to indicate whether time information is available or not.
     *
     * @return flag to indicate whether time information is available or not
     */
    boolean hasTimeInfo();
}