hazelcast-master/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/query/impl/ComparableIdentifiedDataSerializable.java
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package com.hazelcast.query.impl;

import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.IdentifiedDataSerializable;

/**
 * Defines a contract of objects that are simultaneously {@link Comparable} and
 * {@link IdentifiedDataSerializable}.
 * <p>
 * This contract basically allows to avoid a leakage of the internal
 * implementation details to the outside world if a class is required to be
 * {@link Comparable} by some of its consumers and {@link
 * IdentifiedDataSerializable} by the others.
 * <p>
 * See {@link AbstractIndex#NULL} and {@link CompositeValue#NEGATIVE_INFINITY}
 * for examples.
 */
public interface ComparableIdentifiedDataSerializable extends Comparable, IdentifiedDataSerializable {

}
