OccurrenceComparator (Ontopia)

java.lang.Object
- net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav.utils.comparators.OccurrenceComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<OccurrenceIF>
```
public class OccurrenceComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<OccurrenceIF>
```
INTERNAL: A Comparator for ordering OccurrenceIFs alphabetically.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected Comparator<TopicIF> tc

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

int compare(OccurrenceIF oc1, OccurrenceIF oc2)
Compares two OccurrenceIFs.
- 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

- Field Detail
  - tc
```
protected Comparator<TopicIF> tc
```
- Constructor Detail
  - OccurrenceComparator
```
public OccurrenceComparator()
```
    Empty constructor, used on application startup to initialise a "fast" comparator which will compare Occurrences using no context.
  - OccurrenceComparator
```
public OccurrenceComparator(Collection<TopicIF> baseNameContext)
```
    Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Occurrences using the context provided.
  - OccurrenceComparator
```
public OccurrenceComparator(Collection<TopicIF> baseNameContext,
                            Collection<TopicIF> variantContext)
```
    Constructor used to make a comparator which will compare Occurrences using the context provided.
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(OccurrenceIF oc1,
                   OccurrenceIF oc2)
```
    Compares two OccurrenceIFs.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface Comparator<OccurrenceIF>