001    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
002    $Id: MethodNameComparator.java 26283 2010-02-18 11:18:57Z juergens $
003    |                                                                          |
004    | Copyright 2005-2010 Technische Universitaet Muenchen                     |
005    |                                                                          |
006    | Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
007    | you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
008    | You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
009    |                                                                          |
010    |    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
011    |                                                                          |
012    | Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
013    | distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
014    | WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
015    | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
016    | limitations under the License.                                           |
017    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
018    package edu.tum.cs.commons.reflect;
019    
020    import java.lang.reflect.Method;
021    
022    import edu.tum.cs.commons.collections.IdentifierBasedComparatorBase;
023    
024    /**
025     * This comparator compares methods by their name.
026     * 
027     * @author deissenb
028     * @author $Author: juergens $
029     * @version $Rev: 26283 $
030     * @levd.rating GREEN Hash: 6DF480EAA650ED041BC73D1FAB8CD972
031     */
032    public class MethodNameComparator extends
033                    IdentifierBasedComparatorBase<String, Method> {
034    
035            /** Instance of this comparator. */
036            public static final MethodNameComparator INSTANCE = new MethodNameComparator();
037    
038            /** Returns method name. */
039            @Override
040            protected String obtainIdentifier(Method method) {
041                    return method.getName();
042            }
043    
044    }