Package eu.bandm.tools.util

Class ComparatorChain<T>

java.lang.Object

eu.bandm.tools.util.ComparatorChain<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<T>

public class ComparatorChain<T>
extends Object
implements Comparator<T>

Combines more than one Comparators in the style of a lexical ordering.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Comparator<? super T>[]	comparators

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ComparatorChain(Comparator<? super T>... cs)	Takes a sequence of comparators, ranging from the "coarsest" to "finest".

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(T o1, T o2)	Tries the comparators from the first to the last.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Field Details

comparators

protected Comparator<? super T>[] comparators

Constructor Details

ComparatorChain

@SafeVarargs
public ComparatorChain(Comparator<? super T>... cs)

Takes a sequence of comparators, ranging from the "coarsest" to "finest".

Method Details

compare

public int compare(T o1,
 T o2)

Tries the comparators from the first to the last. Returns the first comparison result !=0, or the very last.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<T>