1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2007, Peter Mika All rights reserved.
3 *
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28 */
29 package org.openrdf.elmo.smusher;
30
31 import org.openrdf.concepts.rdfs.Resource;
32
33 /** Interface for classes that are able to compare two resources based on
34 * some criteria of equality or matching.
35 *
36 * @author Peter Mika (pmika@cs.vu.nl)
37 */
38 public interface ResourceComparator<T extends Resource> {
39
40 boolean compare(T first, T second);
41
42 }