/*

* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description: 

*

*/

package com.nokia.sdt.emf.dm;

/**

 * Creates unique keys for localized strings and string macros.

 * Keys must be unique across both sets of strings.

 */

public interface IStringKeyProvider {

	String assignLocalizedStringKey();

	String assignMacroStringKey();

    /** Compare a string to another for optimal sorting 

     * 

     * @param key

     * @param otherKey

     * @return < 0, 0, > 0 depending on ordering

     * @see String#compareTo(java.lang.String) 

     */

    int compareKeys(String key, String otherKey);

}