org.mmbase.util
Class SortableCompare

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.util.SortableCompare

All Implemented Interfaces:

CompareInterface

Deprecated. Use java.util.Comparator

public class SortableCompare

extends Object

implements CompareInterface

Class to compare two objects, used by SortedVector. This one is to sort objects supporting the Sortable interface

Version:

$Id: SortableCompare.java,v 1.9 2005/10/05 12:42:56 michiel Exp $

Author:

Rico Jansen

See Also:

Sortable, SortedVector, CompareInterface

Constructor Summary

SortableCompare()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object thisOne, Object other) Deprecated. Make the comparison.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SortableCompare

public SortableCompare()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object thisOne,
                   Object other)

Deprecated.

Make the comparison. The result is a negative value if the first object is 'smaller' than the second, a positive value if it is 'larger', and 0 if both objects are 'equal'.

Specified by:

compare in interface CompareInterface

Parameters:

thisOne - the first object to compare. should be a Comparable.

other - the second object to compare. should be a Comparable.

Returns:

the result of the comparison