nz.ac.waikato.cms.locator

Class ClassCompare

java.lang.Object

nz.ac.waikato.cms.locator.ClassCompare

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Class>

public class ClassCompare
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Class>, java.io.Serializable

Compares the names of two classes with the following order:

• case insensitive
• special chars < numbers < letters

Version:

$Revision: 13612 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassCompare()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected int	charGroup(char c) returns the group of the character: 0=special char, 1=number, 2=letter.
int	compare(java.lang.Class o1, java.lang.Class o2) Compares its two arguments for order.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this Comparator.
protected java.lang.String	fillUp(java.lang.String s, int len) appends blanks to the string if its shorter than len.
java.lang.String	globalInfo() Returns a string describing the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

ClassCompare

public ClassCompare()

Method Detail

globalInfo

public java.lang.String globalInfo()

Returns a string describing the object.

Returns:

a description suitable for displaying in the gui

fillUp

protected java.lang.String fillUp(java.lang.String s,
                                  int len)

appends blanks to the string if its shorter than len.

Parameters:

s - the string to pad

len - the minimum length for the string to have

Returns:

the padded string

charGroup

protected int charGroup(char c)

returns the group of the character: 0=special char, 1=number, 2=letter.

Parameters:

c - the character to check

Returns:

the group

compare

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

Compares its two arguments for order.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Class>

Parameters:

o1 - the first class

o2 - the second class

Returns:

-1 if o1<o2, 0 if o1=o2 and 1 if o1&;gt;o2

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this Comparator.

Specified by:

equals in interface java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Class>

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare with this Comparator

Returns:

true if the object is a StringCompare object as well