com.partnersoft.data
Class NumericPrefixComparator

java.lang.Object
  com.partnersoft.data.NumericPrefixComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public class NumericPrefixComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator

Compares objects first by any numeric prefix, then alphabetically. In other words, the String "99hello" will be sorted before "100hello" and after "01hello".

Copyright 2000-2006 Partner Software, Inc.

Version:

$Id: NumericPrefixComparator.java 1012 2007-11-24 18:30:02Z paul $

Author:

Paul Reavis

Constructor Summary

NumericPrefixComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b)
static NumericPrefixComparator	singleton()

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

NumericPrefixComparator

public NumericPrefixComparator()

Method Detail

singleton

public static NumericPrefixComparator singleton()

compare

public final int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                         java.lang.Object b)

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator