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 * $Id: DOMOrder.java,v 1.2.4.1 2005/09/15 08:15:41 suresh_emailid Exp $
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package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils;

/**
 * @deprecated Since the introduction of the DTM, this class will be removed.
 * Nodes that implement this index can return a document order index.
 * Eventually, this will be replaced by DOM 3 methods.
 * (compareDocumentOrder and/or compareTreePosition.)
 */
public interface DOMOrder
{

  /**
   * Get the UID (document order index).
   *
   * @return integer whose relative value corresponds to document order
   * -- that is, if node1.getUid()<node2.getUid(), node1 comes before
   * node2, and if they're equal node1 and node2 are the same node. No
   * promises are made beyond that.
   */
  public int getUid();
}