 Known Indirect Subclasses
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Class Overview
Comparator is used to compare two objects to determine their ordering in
respect to each other.
Summary
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abstract
int
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compare(T object1, T object2)
Compare the two objects to determine the relative ordering.
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abstract
boolean
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equals(Object object)
Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if they represent
the same object using a class specific comparison.
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Public Methods
public
abstract
int
compare
(T object1, T object2)
Compare the two objects to determine the relative ordering.
Parameters
| object1
| an Object to compare |
| object2
| an Object to compare |
Returns
- an int < 0 if object1 is less than object2, 0 if they are equal,
and > 0 if object1 is greater
public
abstract
boolean
equals
(Object object)
Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if they represent
the same object using a class specific comparison.
Parameters
| object
| Object the object to compare with this object. |
Returns
- boolean
true if the object is the same as this
object false if it is different from this object.
