net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators
Class AssociationComparator

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.AssociationComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

public class AssociationComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

INTERNAL: A Comparator for ordering AssociationIFs alphabetically after their type.

Field Summary

protected Collection	scopes
protected Comparator	tc

Constructor Summary

AssociationComparator()
Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare Associations using no context.

AssociationComparator(Collection context)
Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Associations using the context provided.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compares two AssociationIFs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Field Detail

tc

protected Comparator tc

scopes

protected Collection scopes

Constructor Detail

AssociationComparator

public AssociationComparator()

Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare Associations using no context.

AssociationComparator

public AssociationComparator(Collection context)

Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Associations using the context provided.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Compares two AssociationIFs.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator