com.helger.commons.compare

Class ComparatorStringShortestFirst

java.lang.Object

com.helger.commons.compare.AbstractComparator<String>

com.helger.commons.compare.ComparatorStringShortestFirst

All Implemented Interfaces:

ISerializableComparator<String>, Serializable, Comparator<String>

@NotThreadSafe
public class ComparatorStringShortestFirst
extends AbstractComparator<String>

A special comparator that sorts String, but the shortest strings come first. For all strings with an equal length, they are sorted in regular, non-collated order.

Author:

Philip Helger

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ComparatorStringShortestFirst()
ComparatorStringShortestFirst(Comparator<? super String> aContentComparator)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Comparator<? super String>	getContentComparator()
protected int	mainCompare(String sElement1, String sElement2)

Methods inherited from class com.helger.commons.compare.AbstractComparator

compare, getNestedComparator, getSortOrder, isNullValuesComeFirst, setNestedComparator, setNullValuesComeFirst, setSortOrder, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

ComparatorStringShortestFirst

public ComparatorStringShortestFirst()

ComparatorStringShortestFirst

public ComparatorStringShortestFirst(@Nullable
                             Comparator<? super String> aContentComparator)

Method Detail

getContentComparator

@Nullable
public final Comparator<? super String> getContentComparator()

Returns:

The content comparator passed in the constructor. May be null.

mainCompare

protected int mainCompare(@Nonnull
              String sElement1,
              @Nonnull
              String sElement2)

Specified by:

mainCompare in class AbstractComparator<String>

Parameters:

sElement1 - First element to compare. Never null.

sElement2 - Second element to compare. Never null.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.