com.limegroup.gnutella.util
Class StringComparator

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.limegroup.gnutella.util.StringComparator
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

public class StringComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

Compares to Strings via String.compareTo(String). Useful for storing Java 1.1.8 Strings in Java 1.2+ sorted collections classes. This is needed because Strings in 1.1.8 do not implement the Comparable interface, unlike Strings in 1.2+.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
StringComparator()
           
 
Method Summary
 int compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b)
          Returns ((String)a).compareTo((String)b).
 
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
 

Constructor Detail

StringComparator

public StringComparator()
Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                   java.lang.Object b)
Returns ((String)a).compareTo((String)b).

Specified by:
compare in interface java.util.Comparator