edu.northwestern.at.monk.model
Class CaseCategory.Comparator

java.lang.Object
  edu.northwestern.at.monk.model.MultiColumnComparator
      edu.northwestern.at.monk.model.CaseCategory.Comparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<CaseCategory>

Enclosing class:

CaseCategory

public static class CaseCategory.Comparator
extends MultiColumnComparator
implements java.util.Comparator<CaseCategory>

A multi-column case category comparator.

See Also:

MultiColumnComparator

Constructor Summary

CaseCategory.Comparator(CaseCategory.SortOption... sortOptions)
Creates a new case category comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(CaseCategory cat1, CaseCategory cat2) Compares two case categories.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

CaseCategory.Comparator

public CaseCategory.Comparator(CaseCategory.SortOption... sortOptions)

Creates a new case category comparator.

Parameters:

sortOptions - Case category sort options, or null to use the natural ordering.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(CaseCategory cat1,
                   CaseCategory cat2)

Compares two case categories.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<CaseCategory>

Parameters:

cat1 - First case category.

cat2 - Second case category.

Returns:

A negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first case category is less than, equal to, or greater than the second case category according to the sort options.