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:

$Id$

Author:

Rico Jansen

See Also:

Sortable, SortedVector, CompareInterface

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SortableCompare() Deprecated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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