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+/*******************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 2023 Ericsson
+*
+* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
+* available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which
+* accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+*
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.tracecompass.internal.analysis.os.linux.core.segmentstore;
+
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.segmentstore.core.ISegment;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to be implemented by segments that have a priority to provide. This
+ * priority can be used in analyses and outputs to identify segments.
+ *
+ * This interface is a qualifier interface for segments. A concrete segment type
+ * can implement many such qualifier interfaces.
+ *
+ * @author Hoang Thuan Pham
+ */
+public interface IPrioritySegment extends ISegment {
+    /**
+     * Get the priority of this segment
+     *
+     * @return The priority of this segment
+     */
+    int getPriority();
+}