net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators

Class AssociationComparator

java.lang.Object

net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.AssociationComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<AssociationIF>

public class AssociationComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<AssociationIF>

INTERNAL: A Comparator for ordering AssociationIFs alphabetically after their type.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Collection<TopicIF>	scopes
protected Comparator<TopicIF>	tc

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AssociationComparator() Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare Associations using no context.
AssociationComparator(Collection<TopicIF> context) Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Associations using the context provided.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(AssociationIF a1, AssociationIF a2) Compares two AssociationIFs.

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

Field Detail

tc

protected Comparator<TopicIF> tc

scopes

protected Collection<TopicIF> scopes

Constructor Detail

AssociationComparator

public AssociationComparator()

Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare Associations using no context.

AssociationComparator

public AssociationComparator(Collection<TopicIF> context)

Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Associations using the context provided.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(AssociationIF a1,
                   AssociationIF a2)

Compares two AssociationIFs.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<AssociationIF>