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<pre>public class <a href="../../../../../src-html/org/apache/felix/ipojo/util/DependencyMetadataHelper.html#line.31">DependencyMetadataHelper</a>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</a>&nbsp;<a href="../../../../../src-html/org/apache/felix/ipojo/util/DependencyMetadataHelper.html#line.47">getComparator</a>(<a href="../../../../../org/apache/felix/ipojo/metadata/Element.html" title="class in org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata">Element</a>&nbsp;dep,
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../org/apache/felix/ipojo/ConfigurationException.html" title="class in org.apache.felix.ipojo">ConfigurationException</a></code> - the comparator class cannot be load or the
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