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+ Copyright 2009-2013 Attila Szegedi
+
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+
+package jdk.internal.dynalink.linker;
+
+
+/**
+ * Optional interface to be implemented by {@link GuardingTypeConverterFactory} implementers. Language-specific
+ * conversions can cause increased overloaded method resolution ambiguity, as many methods can become applicable because
+ * of additional conversions. The static way of selecting the "most specific" method will fail more often, because there
+ * will be multiple maximally specific method with unrelated signatures. In these cases, language runtimes can be asked
+ * to resolve the ambiguity by expressing preferences for one conversion over the other.
+ * @author Attila Szegedi
+ */
+public interface ConversionComparator {
+ /**
+ * Enumeration of possible outcomes of comparing one conversion to another.
+ */
+ enum Comparison {
+ INDETERMINATE,
+ TYPE_1_BETTER,
+ TYPE_2_BETTER,
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Determines which of the two target types is the preferred conversion target from a source type.
+ * @param sourceType the source type.
+ * @param targetType1 one potential target type
+ * @param targetType2 another potential target type.
+ * @return one of Comparison constants that establish which - if any - of the target types is preferred for the
+ * conversion.
+ */
+ public Comparison compareConversion(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType1, Class<?> targetType2);
+}