CompareMethod.java

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/*
 * Project: Server for annotations sharing
 * Subproject: Position of fragment of text in XML document
 * Authors: Michael Angelov
 * File: CompareMethod.java
 * Description: Generic abstract class for compare methods
 */

/**
 * @file CompareMethod.java
 *
 * @brief Generic abstract class for compare methods
 */

/**
 * @package cz.vutbr.fit.knot.annotations.fragmentUpdater.compareMethods
 *
 * @brief Compare methods for comparing strings
 */
package cz.vutbr.fit.knot.annotations.fragmentUpdater.compareMethods;

/**
 * Generic abstract class for compare methods
 *
 * @brief Generic abstract class for compare methods
 * @author Michael Angelov
 */
public abstract class CompareMethod {
  /**
   * Generic compare method
   *
   * @param first first string to compare
   * @param second second string to compare
   * @return true if strings match, false if don't
   */
  public abstract boolean compare(String first, String second);
}