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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace ILCompiler.DependencyAnalysis
+{
+    public interface ISortableNode
+    {
+#if !SUPPORT_JIT
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets an identifier that is the same for all instances of this <see cref="ObjectNode"/>
+        /// descendant, but different from the <see cref="ClassCode"/> of any other descendant.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This is really just a number, ideally produced by "new Random().Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue)".
+        /// If two manage to conflict (which is pretty unlikely), just make a new one...
+        /// </remarks>
+        int ClassCode { get; }
+
+        int CompareToImpl(ISortableNode other, CompilerComparer comparer);
+#endif
+    }
+}