gate.gui
Class ListEditorDialog.NaturalComparator

java.lang.Object
  gate.gui.ListEditorDialog.NaturalComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

Enclosing class:

ListEditorDialog

protected class ListEditorDialog.NaturalComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

A comparator that uses the objects' natural order if the item class of the collection implements Comparable, and compares their toString representations if not. null is always treated as less than anything non-null.

Constructor Summary

protected

ListEditorDialog.NaturalComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(Object a, Object b)

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

Constructor Detail

ListEditorDialog.NaturalComparator

protected ListEditorDialog.NaturalComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object a,
                   Object b)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator