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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);
}