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/*
 * @(#)Prioritized.java	1.7 08/28/07
 */

package com.sun.messaging.jmq.util.lists;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * interface used by lists which use priorities to allow a single test to verify any collection using priority ordering
 */

public interface Prioritized {
    /**
     * add a single item at the passed in priority. Item will be added behind all other objects which have the same priority
     *
     * @param priority priority to add object at (0 is the highest priority, followed by 1, etc)
     * @param o object to add
     * @returns true if the item could be added
     */
    public boolean add(int priority, Object o);

    /**
     * add the set of items infront of all items of the same priority.
     *
     * @param priority priority to add object at (0 is the highest priority, followed by 1, etc)
     * @param c collection of objects to add
     */
    public void addAllToFront(Collection c, int pri);

    public void addAllOrdered(Collection c);

}
