NameComparatorWithGenerality (Ontopia)

java.lang.Object
- net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.NameComparator
- - net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.NameComparatorWithGenerality

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<NameIF>
```
public class NameComparatorWithGenerality
extends NameComparator
```
INTERNAL: A Comparator for ordering TopicNameIFs and VariantNameIFs first after their generality (determined by the number of themes in their scopes, which means that the name in the unconstrained scope would always appear first) and second alphabetically (case-independent).

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.NameComparator
  scopes, sortNameGrabber, vnGrabber

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`NameComparatorWithGenerality()`	Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare TopicNameIFs and VariantNameIFs using no context.
`NameComparatorWithGenerality(Collection<TopicIF> context)`	Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare TopicNameIFs and VariantNameIFs using the context provided.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected String`	`getName(NameIF obj)`	INTERNAL: helper method which gets out of the object the base name or variant name value.

Methods inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.NameComparator
compare, initSortNameGrabber

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, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - NameComparatorWithGenerality
```
public NameComparatorWithGenerality()
```
    Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare TopicNameIFs and VariantNameIFs using no context.
  - NameComparatorWithGenerality
```
public NameComparatorWithGenerality(Collection<TopicIF> context)
```
    Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare TopicNameIFs and VariantNameIFs using the context provided.
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
protected String getName(NameIF obj)
```
    INTERNAL: helper method which gets out of the object the base name or variant name value. If it's a basename try to retrieve the sort variant name for it. The resulting string contains first the number of themes and after that the name.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getName in class NameComparator