001package org.cpsolver.ifs.assignment; 002 003import org.cpsolver.ifs.model.Value; 004import org.cpsolver.ifs.model.Variable; 005 006/** 007 * Comparable interface for assignment-dependent objects. To be used by 008 * {@link AssignmentComparator}. 009 * 010 * 011 * @version IFS 1.3 (Iterative Forward Search)<br> 012 * Copyright (C) 2014 Tomáš Müller<br> 013 * <a href="mailto:muller@unitime.org">muller@unitime.org</a><br> 014 * <a href="http://muller.unitime.org">http://muller.unitime.org</a><br> 015 * <br> 016 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 017 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 018 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the 019 * License, or (at your option) any later version. <br> 020 * <br> 021 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 022 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 023 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 024 * Lesser General Public License for more details. <br> 025 * <br> 026 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 027 * License along with this library; if not see <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses</a>. 028 * @param <X> A class implementing this interface 029 * @param <V> Variable 030 * @param <T> Value 031 **/ 032public interface AssignmentComparable<X, V extends Variable<V, T>, T extends Value<V, T>> extends Comparable<X> { 033 034 /** 035 * Compare this object with a given one. 036 * @param assignment current assignment 037 * @param other other instance 038 * @return comparison of this instance and the given one 039 */ 040 public int compareTo(Assignment<V, T> assignment, X other); 041 042 @Deprecated 043 @Override 044 /** 045 * Compare this object with a given one. 046 * @param other other instance 047 * @return comparison of this instance and the given one 048 */ 049 public int compareTo(X other); 050}