jds.util
Interface Comparator

public abstract interface Comparator

extends java.io.Serializable

Comparator - place two objects in order; for use with book Classic Data Structures in Java by Timothy A Budd, published by Addison-Wesley, 2001.

See Also:

Serializable

Fields inherited from class java.io.Serializable

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object left, java.lang.Object right) determine order of two object; -1, 0 or 1

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object left,
                   java.lang.Object right)

determine order of two object; -1, 0 or 1

Parameters:

left - first object

right - second object

Returns:

-1 if left less than right, 0 if equal, 1 otherwise