org.mmbase.util
Class ChainedComparator<E>

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.util.ChainedComparator<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<E>

public class ChainedComparator<E>
extends Object
implements Comparator<E>

Straight forward utility to chain several comparators into a new one. This 'chained comparator falls back to the next comparator if two object compare equally large (Comparator.compare(T, T) returns 0).

Since:

MMBase-1.9.2

Version:

$Id: ChainedList.java 34900 2009-05-01 16:29:42Z michiel $

Author:

Michiel Meeuwissen

Constructor Summary

ChainedComparator(Comparator<E>... cmps)

Method Summary

ChainedComparator<E>	addComparator(Comparator<E> c)
int	compare(E e1, E e2)
boolean	equals(Object o)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChainedComparator

public ChainedComparator(Comparator<E>... cmps)

Method Detail

addComparator

public ChainedComparator<E> addComparator(Comparator<E> c)

compare

public int compare(E e1,
                   E e2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<E>

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Specified by:

equals in interface Comparator<E>

Overrides:

equals in class Object