sdsu.compare
Class LinearOrderComparer

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class LinearOrderComparer

extends Comparer

A abstract class for comparing Linear ordered objects (Numeric). Subclass needs to implement equal, lessThan, greaterThan.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

LinearOrderComparer()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object leftOperand, java.lang.Object rightOperand) Returns an integer that is less than, equal to, or greater than zero.

Methods inherited from class sdsu.compare.Comparer

equals, greaterThan, greaterThanOrEqual, lessThan, lessThanOrEqual

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LinearOrderComparer

public LinearOrderComparer()

Method Detail

compare

public final int compare(java.lang.Object leftOperand,
                         java.lang.Object rightOperand)
                  throws java.lang.ClassCastException

Returns an integer that is less than, equal to, or greater than zero. The integer's value depends on whether leftOperand is less than, equal to, or greater than rightOperand.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - If operand objects are not proper type. ClassCastException is a RuntimeException, so compiler does not force you to catch this exception.