Package sunlabs.brazil.util
Interface Sort.Compare
- Enclosing class:
Sort
public static interface Sort.Compare
This interface is used by the
Sort
class to compare
elements when an array is being sorted.- Version:
- 2.2, 04/11/30
- Author:
- Colin Stevens (colin.stevens@sun.com)
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Method Summary
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Method Details
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compare
Compare two elements in the given array. The implementor must know what the actual type of the array is and cast it to that type in order to do the comparison.- Parameters:
array
- Array being sorted.index1
- The index in the given array of the first element to compare.index2
- The index in the given array of the second element to compare.- Returns:
- The implementation must return a number less than,
equal to, or greater than zero to indicate whether
the array element at
index1
should be considered less than, equal to, or greater than the array element atindex2
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