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Class NamedObjectCompare

java.lang.Object
  byucc.edif.NamedObjectCompare

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator

public class NamedObjectCompare
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

Compares NamedObject objects.

Version:

$Id: NamedObjectCompare.java,v 1.10 2004/08/27 19:16:42 tsa6 Exp $

Author:

Mike Wirthlin, Welson Sun, Tyler Anderson

See Also:

NamedObject, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static boolean	CASE_SENSITIVE Variable specifying whether string compares should be case sensitive or not.
private static java.lang.String	s1 The two strings initialized, and then used for comparison by methods in this class.
private static java.lang.String	s2 The two strings initialized, and then used for comparison by methods in this class.

Constructor Summary

NamedObjectCompare()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Compares two Objects by their String name.
static boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Compares two Objects by their String name.
private static void	getStrings(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Initializes the two strings used for comparison by the methods in this class.
static boolean	startsWith(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Compares string o2 with the beginning of 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

equals

Field Detail

CASE_SENSITIVE

public static boolean CASE_SENSITIVE

Variable specifying whether string compares should be case sensitive or not.

s1

private static java.lang.String s1

The two strings initialized, and then used for comparison by methods in this class.

s2

private static java.lang.String s2

The two strings initialized, and then used for comparison by methods in this class.

Constructor Detail

NamedObjectCompare

public NamedObjectCompare()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)

Compares two Objects by their String name.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - The first Object for comparison

o2 - The second Object for comparison

Returns:

An int value which specifies the result of the String comparison

equals

public static boolean equals(java.lang.Object o1,
                             java.lang.Object o2)

Compares two Objects by their String name.

Parameters:

o1 - The first Object for comparison

o2 - The second Object for comparison

Returns:

True if o1 equals o2

getStrings

private static void getStrings(java.lang.Object o1,
                               java.lang.Object o2)

Initializes the two strings used for comparison by the methods in this class.

Parameters:

o1 - The first Object for comparison

o2 - The second Object for comparison

startsWith

public static boolean startsWith(java.lang.Object o1,
                                 java.lang.Object o2)

Compares string o2 with the beginning of o2.

Parameters:

o1 - The first Object for comparison

o2 - The second Object for comparison

Returns:

True if o1 starts with o2