NumberAwareComparator (Groovy 6.0.0-alpha-2)

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org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NumberAwareComparator

All Implemented Interfaces and Traits:

Comparator, Serializable
```
public class NumberAwareComparator<T>
extends Object
implements Comparator, 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.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and description
`NumberAwareComparator()`
`NumberAwareComparator(boolean ignoreZeroSign)` Since: 3.0.8

Methods Summary

Methods
Type Params	Return Type	Name and description
	`public int`	`compare(T o1, T o2)` Compares two values using Groovy comparison semantics with numeric coercion.

Inherited Methods Summary

Inherited Methods
Methods inherited from class	Name
`class Object`	`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- Constructor Detail
  - public NumberAwareComparator()
  - public NumberAwareComparator(boolean ignoreZeroSign)
    
    Since:
    3.0.8
- Method Detail
  - public int compare(T o1, T o2)
    
    Compares two values using Groovy comparison semantics with numeric coercion.
    Parameters:
    o1 - the first value to compare
    o2 - the second value to compare
    Returns:
    a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer if o1 is less than, equal to, or greater than o2 according to Groovy semantics

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