Package edu.rit.util

Class Searching.Character

java.lang.Object

edu.rit.util.Searching.Character

Enclosing class:

Searching

public static class Searching.Character
extends Object

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

Version:

22-Nov-2011

Author:

Alan Kaminsky

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Character()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(char a, char 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

Character

public Character()

Method Details

compare

public int compare(char a,
 char 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.