AssociationRoleComparator (Ontopia)

java.lang.Object
- net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.AssociationRoleComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<AssociationRoleIF>
```
public class AssociationRoleComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<AssociationRoleIF>
```
INTERNAL: A comparator for ordering AssociationRoleIFs alphabetically by role player and role type.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected Comparator<TopicIF> tc

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AssociationRoleComparator()`
`AssociationRoleComparator(Collection<TopicIF> context, TopicIF sortTopic)`	Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Association Roles using the context provided.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

int compare(AssociationRoleIF ar1, AssociationRoleIF ar2)
Compares two AssociationRoleIFs.
- 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, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Field Detail
  - tc
```
protected Comparator<TopicIF> tc
```
- Constructor Detail
  - AssociationRoleComparator
```
public AssociationRoleComparator()
```
  - AssociationRoleComparator
```
public AssociationRoleComparator(Collection<TopicIF> context,
                                 TopicIF sortTopic)
```
    Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Association Roles using the context provided.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - The context to select topics in.
    
    sortTopic - The topic representing sort names.
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(AssociationRoleIF ar1,
                   AssociationRoleIF ar2)
```
    Compares two AssociationRoleIFs.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface Comparator<AssociationRoleIF>