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

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<Lemma>

Enclosing class:

Lemma

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

A multi-column lemma comparator.

See Also:

MultiColumnComparator

Constructor Summary

Lemma.Comparator(Lemma.SortOption... sortOptions)
Creates a new lemma comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(Lemma l1, Lemma l2) Compares two lemmas.

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

Lemma.Comparator

public Lemma.Comparator(Lemma.SortOption... sortOptions)

Creates a new lemma comparator.

Parameters:

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

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Lemma l1,
                   Lemma l2)

Compares two lemmas.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<Lemma>

Parameters:

l1 - First lemma.

l2 - Second lemma.

Returns:

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