com.jidesoft.comparator
Class CharSequenceComparator

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.comparator.CharSequenceComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<Object>

public class CharSequenceComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<Object>, Serializable

A Comparator that compares CharSequence objects (including String and StringBuffer as both extend CharSequence. Throws ClassCastExceptions if the objects are not CharSequence, or if they are null. If both objects are null, they will be treated as equal. If one is null and the other is not, the null value will be treated as smaller then non-null value.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static ComparatorContext	CONTEXT
static ComparatorContext	CONTEXT_IGNORE_CASE

Constructor Summary

CharSequenceComparator()
Constructs a CharSequenceComparator.

CharSequenceComparator(boolean caseSensitive)

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2)
boolean	isCaseSensitive() Checks if the case is sensitive when comparing.
void	setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive) Sets the case sensitive flag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Field Detail

CONTEXT

public static final ComparatorContext CONTEXT

CONTEXT_IGNORE_CASE

public static final ComparatorContext CONTEXT_IGNORE_CASE

Constructor Detail

CharSequenceComparator

public CharSequenceComparator()

Constructs a CharSequenceComparator.

CharSequenceComparator

public CharSequenceComparator(boolean caseSensitive)

Method Detail

isCaseSensitive

public boolean isCaseSensitive()

Checks if the case is sensitive when comparing.

Returns:

true if the comparator is case sensitive.

setCaseSensitive

public void setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive)

Sets the case sensitive flag. By default, it's true meaning the comparator is case sensitive.

Parameters:

caseSensitive - true or false.

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Object>