com.sssw.fw.util
Class EboComparator

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

EbiComparator

public class EboComparator

extends Object

implements EbiComparator

This class is the default implementation of the com.sssw.fw.api.EbiComparator interface. See also com.sssw.fw.util.EboQSort.

Fields inherited from interface com.sssw.fw.api.EbiComparator

EQUIVALENT, IN_ORDER, REVERSE_ORDER

Constructor Summary

EboComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Determine the comparative ranking of two objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EboComparator

public EboComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Determine the comparative ranking of two objects. Answer:

• IN_ORDER if o1 followed by o2 is the desired order
• EQUIVALENT if o1 and o2 have equivalent ranking values
• REVERSE_ORDER if o1 followed by o2 is the reverse of the desired order

Note:This method assumes that the supplied objects are Strings.

Specified by:

compare in interface EbiComparator

Parameters:

o1 - the first object to compare

o2 - the second object to compare

Returns:

the resulting ranking of the two objects