Package adams.core

Class DefaultCompare

java.lang.Object

adams.core.DefaultCompare

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<Comparable>

public class DefaultCompare
extends Object
implements Comparator<Comparable>, Serializable

Compares two Comparable objects.

Version:

$Revision: 4584 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DefaultCompare()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(Comparable o1, Comparable o2)	Compares its two arguments for order.
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this Comparator.
String	globalInfo()	Returns a string describing the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

DefaultCompare

public DefaultCompare()

Method Detail

globalInfo

public String globalInfo()

Returns a string describing the object.

Returns:

a description suitable for displaying in the gui

compare

public int compare(Comparable o1,
                   Comparable o2)

Compares its two arguments for order.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Comparable>

Parameters:

o1 - the first object

o2 - the second object

Returns:

-1 if o1<o2, 0 if o1=o2 and 1 if o1&;gt;o2

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this Comparator.

Specified by:

equals in interface Comparator<Comparable>

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare with this Comparator

Returns:

true if the object is a DefaultCompare object as well