xxl.comparators
Class Comparators

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class Comparators

extends java.lang.Object

The Comparators-class provides some useful static functions to compare elements.

Constructor Summary

Comparators()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	max(java.lang.Object object1, java.lang.Object object2) Returns the maximum of two objects.
static java.lang.Object	max(java.lang.Object object1, java.lang.Object object2, java.util.Comparator comparator) Returns the maximum of two objects.
static java.lang.Object	min(java.lang.Object object1, java.lang.Object object2) Returns the minimum of two objects.
static java.lang.Object	min(java.lang.Object object1, java.lang.Object object2, java.util.Comparator comparator) Returns the minimum of two objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Comparators

public Comparators()

Method Detail

max

public static java.lang.Object max(java.lang.Object object1,
                                   java.lang.Object object2)

Returns the maximum of two objects. This function assumes that object1 implements Comparable.

Parameters:

object1 - the first object

object2 - the second object

max

public static java.lang.Object max(java.lang.Object object1,
                                   java.lang.Object object2,
                                   java.util.Comparator comparator)

Returns the maximum of two objects.

Parameters:

object1 - the first object

object2 - the second object

comparator - the comparator to be used to compare the elements

min

public static java.lang.Object min(java.lang.Object object1,
                                   java.lang.Object object2)

Returns the minimum of two objects. This function assumes that object1 implements Comparable.

Parameters:

object1 - the first object

object2 - the second object

min

public static java.lang.Object min(java.lang.Object object1,
                                   java.lang.Object object2,
                                   java.util.Comparator comparator)

Returns the minimum of two objects.

Parameters:

object1 - the first object

object2 - the second object

comparator - the comparator to be used to compare the elements