001/** 002 * SealedText.java 003 * 004 * Copyright (c) 2004-2012, Nicole C. Tedesco. All rights reserved. 005 * 006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 007 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 008 * You may obtain a copy of the License at: 009 * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 011 * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 019package net.sf.jaccumulator.texts; 020 021import net.sf.jaccumulator.Domain; 022 023/** 024 * Read behavior for any representation of {@link Domain#TEXT text} 025 * 026 * @param <TEXT> 027 * the type of text to produce from the {@link #copy()} function 028 * @since JAccumulator 4.0 029 * @author Nicole Tedesco (<a 030 * href="mailto:Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com">Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com</a>) 031 */ 032public interface SealedText<TEXT extends SealedText<TEXT>> 033 extends 034 TextReplicator<TEXT>, 035 SealedTextValue 036{ 037 /** 038 * Compares this object's {@link String text} equivalent with the specified 039 * text for order 040 * 041 * @param text 042 * text to compare against 043 * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer if this object's 044 * text equivalent is less than, equal to, or greater than the 045 * specified text. 046 * @see Comparable#compareTo(Object) 047 */ 048 public int compareToText( final CharSequence text ); 049 050 public boolean isEqualToText( final CharSequence aValue ); 051 public boolean isGreaterThanText( final CharSequence aValue ); 052 public boolean isGreaterOrEqualToText( final CharSequence aValue ); 053 public boolean isLessThanText( final CharSequence aValue ); 054 public boolean isLessOrEqualToText( final CharSequence aValue ); 055 public boolean isNotEqualToText( final CharSequence aValue ); 056}