edu.tum.cs.commons.collections
Class ToStringComparator

java.lang.Object
  edu.tum.cs.commons.collections.ToStringComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<Object>

public class ToStringComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<Object>

This comparator compares objects by their toString() representation.

Version:

$Rev: 26283 $

Author:

deissenb, $Author: juergens $

Rating:

GREEN Hash: DEE51D79623A0DED83E2FE665BC1E279

Field Summary

static ToStringComparator

INSTANCE Instance of this comparator.

Constructor Summary

ToStringComparator()
Create new comparator based on the default locale's collator.

ToStringComparator(Collator collator)
Create new comparator with specific collator.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compare by toString() representation.

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

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final ToStringComparator INSTANCE

Instance of this comparator.

Constructor Detail

ToStringComparator

public ToStringComparator()

Create new comparator based on the default locale's collator.

ToStringComparator

public ToStringComparator(Collator collator)

Create new comparator with specific collator.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Compare by toString() representation.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Object>