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 * $Id: DOMOrder.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $
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package org.apache.xml.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.)
/** * @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).
Returns:integer whose relative value corresponds to document order -- that is, if node1.getUid()
/** * 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(); }