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Interface ccl.util.Comparable

public interface Comparable
Comparable is an interface for any class possessing an element comparison method.

Version:
0.93

For an introduction to this package see Overview .

Author:
Doug Lea

Method Index

 o compare(Object, Object)
Compare two Objects with respect to ordering.

Methods

 o compare
 public abstract int compare(Object oFirst_,
                             Object oSecond_)
Compare two Objects with respect to ordering. Typical implementations first cast their arguments to particular types in order to perform comparison

Parameters:
fst - first argument
snd - second argument
Returns:
a negative number if fst is less than snd; a positive number if fst is greater than snd; else 0

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