Package edu.rit.util

Class Searching.Byte

java.lang.Object

edu.rit.util.Searching.Byte

Enclosing class:

Searching

public static class Searching.Byte
extends Object

Class Searching.Byte is the base class for a helper object used to search an array of type byte[].

Version:

22-Nov-2011

Author:

Alan Kaminsky

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Byte()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(byte a, byte b)	Compare two elements according to the desired ordering criterion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Byte

public Byte()

Method Details

compare

public int compare(byte a,
 byte b)

Compare two elements according to the desired ordering criterion.

The default implementation compares a and b using ascending order. A subclass can override this method to obtain a different ordering criterion; for example, descending order.

Parameters:

a - First element being compared.

b - Second element being compared.

Returns:

A number less than, equal to, or greater than 0 if a comes before, is the same as, or comes after b, respectively.