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)
Method Summary |
int |
compare(Object array,
int index1,
int index2)
Compare two elements in the given array. |
compare
int compare(Object array,
int index1,
int index2)
- 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 at index2
.