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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
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| |
| package org.apache.hadoop.cli.util; |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * Comparator interface. To define a new comparator, implement the compare |
| * method |
| */ |
| public abstract class ComparatorBase { |
| public ComparatorBase() { |
| |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Compare method for the comparator class. |
| * @param actual output. can be null |
| * @param expected output. can be null |
| * @return true if expected output compares with the actual output, else |
| * return false. If actual or expected is null, return false |
| */ |
| public abstract boolean compare(String actual, String expected); |
| } |