org.knime.core.data
Class StringValueComparator

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.knime.core.data.DataValueComparator
      extended by org.knime.core.data.StringValueComparator
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparator<DataCell>

public class StringValueComparator
extends DataValueComparator

Comparator returned by the StringValue interface.

Author:
Michael Berthold, University of Konstanz
See Also:
StringValue.StringUtilityFactory

Constructor Summary
StringValueComparator()
           
 
Method Summary
 int compareDataValues(DataValue v1, DataValue v2)
          Compares two StringValues based on their lexicographical order.
 
Methods inherited from class org.knime.core.data.DataValueComparator
compare
 
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

StringValueComparator

public StringValueComparator()
Method Detail

compareDataValues

public int compareDataValues(DataValue v1,
                             DataValue v2)
Compares two StringValues based on their lexicographical order.

Specified by:
compareDataValues in class DataValueComparator
Parameters:
v1 - the first DataValue to compare the other with
v2 - the other DataValue to compare the first with
Returns:
return -1 if v1 is smaller than v2, +1 if v1 is larger than v2, 0 otherwise
See Also:
#compareDataValues(DataValue, DataValue)


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