net.ontopia.utils
Class LexicalComparator

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.utils.LexicalComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<Object>

public class LexicalComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<Object>

INTERNAL: Comparator that performs a lexical comparison. It calls the toString method on the objects and compares the result. It can be configured to be case insensitive. It is case sensitive by default.

Field Summary

static LexicalComparator	CASE_INSENSITIVE
static LexicalComparator	CASE_SENSITIVE
protected Collator	collator

Method Summary

int	compare(Object obj1, Object obj2)

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 final LexicalComparator CASE_SENSITIVE

CASE_INSENSITIVE

public static final LexicalComparator CASE_INSENSITIVE

collator

protected Collator collator

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object obj1,
                   Object obj2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Object>