001/*
002 * Copyright 2014 Alex Kasko (alexkasko.com)
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016
017package com.alexkasko.unsafe.offheaplong;
018
019/**
020 * Primitive long comparator interface to use for
021 *
022 * @author alexkasko
023 * Date: 5/11/14
024 */
025public interface OffHeapLongComparator {
026
027    /**
028     * Compares its two arguments for order.  Returns a negative integer,
029     * zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal
030     * to, or greater than the second.
031     *
032     * @param l1 first value
033     * @param l2 second value
034     * @return compare result
035     */
036    int compare(long l1, long l2);
037}