Class RJavaComparator

java.lang.Object

RJavaComparator

public class RJavaComparator
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to compare two objects in the sense of the java.lang.Comparable interface

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RJavaComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method and Description

static int

compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) compares a and b in the sense of the java.lang.Comparable if possible instances of the Number interface are treated specially, in order to allow comparing Numbers of different classes, for example it is allowed to compare a Double with an Integer. if the Numbers have the same class, they are compared normally, otherwise they are first converted to Doubles and then compared

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RJavaComparator

public RJavaComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public static int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                          java.lang.Object b)
                   throws NotComparableException

compares a and b in the sense of the java.lang.Comparable if possible

instances of the Number interface are treated specially, in order to allow comparing Numbers of different classes, for example it is allowed to compare a Double with an Integer. if the Numbers have the same class, they are compared normally, otherwise they are first converted to Doubles and then compared

Parameters:

a - an object

b - another object

Returns:

the result of a.compareTo(b) if this makes sense

Throws:

NotComparableException - if the two objects are not comparable