Package edu.rit.util

Class Searching.Object<T>

java.lang.Object

edu.rit.util.Searching.Object<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Array element data type.

Enclosing class:

Searching

public abstract static class Searching.Object<T>
extends Object

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

Version:

22-Nov-2011

Author:

Alan Kaminsky

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Object()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract int	compare(T a, T 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

Object

public Object()

Method Details

compare

public abstract int compare(T a,
 T b)

Compare two elements according to the desired ordering criterion.

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.