Class ArbitraryRankComparator

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object>

    public class ArbitraryRankComparator
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object>
    A comparator that assigns arbitrary ranks to objects and uses the ranks to impose an arbitrary order on them.
    Author:
    Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
    • Field Detail

      • EXCEPTION_MESSAGE_KEY_FOUND_OBJECTS_WITH_SAME_RANK

        public static final java.lang.String EXCEPTION_MESSAGE_KEY_FOUND_OBJECTS_WITH_SAME_RANK
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • EXCEPTION_MESSAGE_KEY_RANK_COMPARATOR_OVERFLOW

        public static final java.lang.String EXCEPTION_MESSAGE_KEY_RANK_COMPARATOR_OVERFLOW
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
    • Constructor Detail

      • ArbitraryRankComparator

        public ArbitraryRankComparator()
    • Method Detail

      • compare

        public int compare​(java.lang.Object o1,
                           java.lang.Object o2)
        Specified by:
        compare in interface java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object>
      • rank

        protected long rank​(java.lang.Object o)