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package org.apache.flink.table.api.window;


/**
 * A {@code Window} is a grouping of elements into finite buckets. Windows have a maximum timestamp
 * which means that, at some point, all elements that go into one window will have arrived.
 *
 * <p>Subclasses should implement {@code equals()} and {@code hashCode()} so that logically
 * same windows are treated the same.
 */
public abstract class Window implements Comparable<Window> {

	/**
	 * Gets the largest timestamp that still belongs to this window.
	 *
	 * @return The largest timestamp that still belongs to this window.
	 */
	public abstract long maxTimestamp();

	public abstract int hashCode();

	public abstract boolean equals(Object obj);

}