1 /*

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

     3 * All rights reserved.

     4 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available

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

     6 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available

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

     8 *

     9 * Initial Contributors:

    10 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

    11 *

    12 * Contributors:

    13 *

    14 * Description: 

    15 *

    16 */

    17 package com.nokia.sdt.emf.dm;

    18 

    19 /**

    20  * Creates unique keys for localized strings and string macros.

    21  * Keys must be unique across both sets of strings.

    22  */

    23 public interface IStringKeyProvider {

    24 	

    25 	String assignLocalizedStringKey();

    26 	

    27 	String assignMacroStringKey();

    28     

    29     /** Compare a string to another for optimal sorting 

    30      * 

    31      * @param key

    32      * @param otherKey

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

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

    35      */

    36     int compareKeys(String key, String otherKey);

    37 }