org.mmbase.module.community
Class CompareMessages

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mmbase.module.community.CompareMessages

All Implemented Interfaces:

CompareInterface

Deprecated. use mmbase.util.NodeComparator instead

public class CompareMessages

extends java.lang.Object

implements CompareInterface

Version:

5 Jan 2001 CompareMessages implements the CompareInterface used by SortedVector. At forhand you've to specify on which fields the message nodes should be compared, these fields may not have a null value.

Author:

Dirk-Jan Hoekstra

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DOWN Deprecated.
static java.lang.String	UP Deprecated.

Constructor Summary

CompareMessages(java.util.Vector fields)
Deprecated.

CompareMessages(java.util.Vector fields, java.util.Vector sortDirs)
Deprecated. Fields are the fields on which the message nodes get compared.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object thisone, java.lang.Object other) Deprecated. The two message nodes will be compared using the compare function of the values out of the fields.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UP

public static final java.lang.String UP

Deprecated.

DOWN

public static final java.lang.String DOWN

Deprecated.

Constructor Detail

CompareMessages

public CompareMessages(java.util.Vector fields)

Deprecated.

CompareMessages

public CompareMessages(java.util.Vector fields,
                       java.util.Vector sortDirs)

Deprecated.

Fields are the fields on which the message nodes get compared. Use UP and DOWN in the sortDirs vector to specifie the sort directions.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object thisone,
                   java.lang.Object other)

Deprecated.

The two message nodes will be compared using the compare function of the values out of the fields. Only String and Integer values can be used, in other cases it's assumed that the values are equal.

Specified by:

compare in interface CompareInterface