org.codehaus.groovy.runtime

Class NumberAwareComparator<T>

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NumberAwareComparator<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator<T>

public class NumberAwareComparator<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<T>, java.io.Serializable

Compares two objects using Groovy's friendly comparison algorithm, i.e. handles nulls gracefully (nul being less than everything else) and performs numeric type coercion if required.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NumberAwareComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(T o1, T o2)

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

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

Constructor Detail

NumberAwareComparator

public NumberAwareComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(T o1,
                   T o2)

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<T>