Package org.eclipse.jface.viewers
Interface IElementComparer
public interface IElementComparer
This interface is used to compare elements in a viewer for equality,
and to provide the hash code for an element.
This allows the client of the viewer to specify different equality criteria
and a different hash code implementation than the
equals
and hashCode
implementations of the
elements themselves.-
Method Summary
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Method Details
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equals
Compares two elements for equality- Parameters:
a
- the first elementb
- the second element- Returns:
- whether a is equal to b
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hashCode
Returns the hash code for the given element.- Parameters:
element
- the element the hash code is calculated for- Returns:
- the hash code for the given element
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