ariba.util.core
Interface Compare

All Known Implementing Classes:

AWMutableRefCount, AWVFormatterFactory.NonBlankString, BigDecimalFormatter, BigDecimalMoneyFormatter, BooleanFormatter, DateFormatter, DecimalFormatterCommon, DoubleFormatter, FileCompare, Formatter, GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter, GenericMoneyFormatter, IntegerArrayFormatter, IntegerCompare, IntegerFormatter, ListFormatter, LongFormatter, LowerCaseStringFormatter, PipedFormatter, SecureStringFormatter, StringCompare, StringCompareIgnoreCase, StringFormatter, SystemBooleanFormatter, UserDateFormatter

public interface Compare

Compare is an interface that provides an object comparison function for use by the static sorting methods in Sort.

Field Summary

static int	EqualTo The caller is not required to return EqualTo, a hardcoded return of 0 will be supported.
static int	GreaterThan The caller is not required to return GreaterThan, any number greater than 0 will do.
static int	LessThan The caller is not required to return LessThan, any number less than 0 will do.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compares objects two objects for sort order.

Field Detail

LessThan

static final int LessThan

The caller is not required to return LessThan, any number less than 0 will do.

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Constant Field Values

EqualTo

static final int EqualTo

The caller is not required to return EqualTo, a hardcoded return of 0 will be supported.

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Constant Field Values

GreaterThan

static final int GreaterThan

The caller is not required to return GreaterThan, any number greater than 0 will do.

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Method Detail

compare

int compare(Object o1,
            Object o2)

Compares objects two objects for sort order.

Parameters:

o1 - the first object to compare

o2 - the second object to compare

Returns:

a value less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending on whether o1 is less than, equal to, or greater than o2