org.apache.commons.collections.comparators
Class ReverseComparator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.collections.comparators.ReverseComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator, Serializable

public class ReverseComparator

extends Object

implements Comparator, Serializable

Reverses the order of another comparator by reversing the arguments to its compare method.

Since:

Commons Collections 2.0

Version:

$Revision: 155406 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 12:55:26 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $

Author:

Henri Yandell, Michael A. Smith

See Also:

Collections.reverseOrder(), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ReverseComparator()
Creates a comparator that compares objects based on the inverse of their natural ordering.

ReverseComparator(Comparator comparator)
Creates a comparator that inverts the comparison of the given comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object obj1, Object obj2) Compares two objects in reverse order.
boolean	equals(Object object) Returns true iff that Object is is a Comparator whose ordering is known to be equivalent to mine.
int	hashCode() Implement a hash code for this comparator that is consistent with equals.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReverseComparator

public ReverseComparator()

Creates a comparator that compares objects based on the inverse of their natural ordering. Using this Constructor will create a ReverseComparator that is functionally identical to the Comparator returned by java.util.Collections.reverseOrder().

See Also:

Collections.reverseOrder()

ReverseComparator

public ReverseComparator(Comparator comparator)

Creates a comparator that inverts the comparison of the given comparator. If you pass in null, the ReverseComparator defaults to reversing the natural order, as per Collections.reverseOrder().

Parameters:

comparator - Comparator to reverse

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object obj1,
                   Object obj2)

Compares two objects in reverse order.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - the first object to compare

obj2 - the second object to compare

Returns:

negative if obj1 is less, positive if greater, zero if equal

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Implement a hash code for this comparator that is consistent with equals.

Returns:

a suitable hash code

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Returns true iff that Object is is a Comparator whose ordering is known to be equivalent to mine.

This implementation returns true iff object.getClass() equals this.getClass(), and the underlying comparators are equal. Subclasses may want to override this behavior to remain consistent with the equals contract.

Specified by:

equals in interface Comparator

Parameters:

object - the object to compare to

Returns:

true if equal

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0