//package containers;

/**
 * IOrdered is similar to java.lang.Comparable.
 * @author D. X. Nguyen
 * @author S. B. Wong
 */
public interface IOrdered {
    public static final int LESS    = -1;
    public static final int EQUAL   =  0;
    public static final int GREATER =  1;

    /**
     * Similar to Comparable.compareTo
     */
    public int compare(IOrdered rhs);
}