org.n52.io.response

Interface CollatorComparable<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOutput, CategoryOutput, CountDatasetOutput, DatasetOutput, FeatureOutput, GeometryInfo, HierarchicalParameterOutput, OfferingOutput, OutputWithParameters, ParameterOutput, PhenomenonOutput, PlatformOutput, ProcedureOutput, ProfileDatasetOutput, QuantityDatasetOutput, RecordDatasetOutput, ServiceOutput, StationOutput, TextDatasetOutput, TimeseriesMetadataOutput

public interface CollatorComparable<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(Collator collator, T o) Compares natural ordering of this instance to another.

Method Detail

compare

int compare(Collator collator,
            T o)

Compares natural ordering of this instance to another. Reuses concept of Comparable interface but indicates ordering locale dependend by means of a Collator.

Parameters:

collator - a collator used to compare. If null a collator is created dependend on the default locale.

o - the object to compared.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

See Also:

Collator