tribble.util
Interface Comparable

public interface Comparable

Contains methods which are used to compare two objects.

Since:

2000-04-22

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2003/02/11 03:40:50 $

Author:

David R. Tribble, david@tribble.com
Copyright ©2000 by David R. Tribble, all rights reserved.
Permission is granted to freely use and distribute this source code provided that the original copyright and authorship notices remain intact.

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Field Summary

static java.lang.String	REV Revision information.
static int	VERS Class revision number.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Compares two objects.
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object b) Compares this to another object b.

Field Detail

REV

static final java.lang.String REV

Revision information.

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Constant Field Values

VERS

static final int VERS

Class revision number.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

compare

int compare(java.lang.Object a,
            java.lang.Object b)

Compares two objects.

Parameters:

a - The first (left) object to compare.

b - The second (right) object to compare.

Returns:

A signed integer value x, where:
x < 0 if a is less than b;
x = 0 if a is equal to b;
x > 0 if a is greater than b.

Since:

1.1, 2000-04-22

compareTo

int compareTo(java.lang.Object b)

Compares this to another object b.

Parameters:

a - The second (right) object to compare.

Returns:

A signed integer value x, where:
x < 0 if this is less than b;
x = 0 if this is equal to b;
x > 0 if this is greater than b.

Since:

1.1, 2000-04-22