com.jidesoft.comparator
Class ComparableComparator

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.comparator.ComparableComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<Object>

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

A Comparator that compares Comparable objects. Throws ClassCastExceptions if the objects are not Comparable, or if they are null. Throws ClassCastException if the compareTo of both objects do not provide an inverse result of each other as per the Comparable javadoc. This Comparator is useful, for example, for enforcing the natural order in custom implementations of SortedSet and SortedMap.
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.

Author:

bayard@generationjava.com, JIDE Software

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ComparableComparator()
Constructs a ComparableComparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2)
static ComparableComparator	getInstance() Return a shared instance of a ComparableComparator.

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

Constructor Detail

ComparableComparator

public ComparableComparator()

Constructs a ComparableComparator.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ComparableComparator getInstance()

Return a shared instance of a ComparableComparator. Developers are encouraged to use the comparator returned from this method instead of constructing a new instance to reduce allocation and GC overhead when multiple comparable comparators may be used in the same VM.

Returns:

an instance of ComparableComparator.

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Object>