lava.util
Interface IComparator

public interface IComparator

Describes object ordering.

Details: An IComparator compares two objects and tells which of them occurs first in a logical ordering of those objects.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Compares two objects.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)

Compares two objects.

Details: compare returns less than 0 if o1 occurs before o2 in the logical ordering represented by this comparator, 0 if the are equal, and greater than 0 if o2 occurs before o1.

Parameters:

o1 - the first object

o2 - the second object

Returns:

< 0, 0, or > 0 describing the objects' order