lava.string
Class ToStringCollator

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.text.Collator
        |
        +--lava.string.ToStringCollator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Comparator

public class ToStringCollator

extends java.text.Collator

Collates non-string objects.

Details: ToStringCollator functions nearly identically to java.text.Collator, but with one minor improvement: Collation can now occur between Objects that are not Strings. When non-String Objects are collated, this Collator wrapper class automatically converts the Objects to Strings using each Object's toString method.

Since:

1999.04.25

Fields inherited from class java.text.Collator

CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION, FULL_DECOMPOSITION, IDENTICAL, NO_DECOMPOSITION, PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)
int	compare(java.lang.String s1, java.lang.String s2)
java.text.CollationKey	getCollationKey(java.lang.String s)
static java.text.Collator	getInstance()
static java.text.Collator	getInstance(java.util.Locale l)
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.text.Collator

clone, equals, equals, getAvailableLocales, getDecomposition, getStrength, setDecomposition, setStrength

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static java.text.Collator getInstance()

getInstance

public static java.text.Collator getInstance(java.util.Locale l)

getCollationKey

public java.text.CollationKey getCollationKey(java.lang.String s)

Overrides:

getCollationKey in class java.text.Collator

compare

public int compare(java.lang.String s1,
                   java.lang.String s2)

Overrides:

compare in class java.text.Collator

compare

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

Overrides:

compare in class java.text.Collator

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.text.Collator