com.ibm.commons.iloader.node.comparators
Class StringComparator

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.commons.iloader.node.comparators.StringComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IComparator

public class StringComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements IComparator

A comparator that compares two string objects. For convenience this class is implemented as a singleton. Users may access this class statically using com.ibm.commons.iloader.node.comparators.StringComparator.comparator and com.ibm.commons.iloader.node.comparators.StringComparator.comparatorIgnoreCase.

Field Summary

static StringComparator	comparator
static StringComparator	comparatorIgnoreCase

Constructor Summary

protected	StringComparator()
protected	StringComparator(boolean ignoreCase)

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.String value1, java.lang.String value2)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

comparator

public static StringComparator comparator

comparatorIgnoreCase

public static StringComparator comparatorIgnoreCase

Constructor Detail

StringComparator

protected StringComparator()

StringComparator

protected StringComparator(boolean ignoreCase)

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.String value1,
                   java.lang.String value2)

Specified by:

compare in interface IComparator