gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Class Atom.AtomRankComparator

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.Atom.AtomRankComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

Enclosing interface:

Atom

public static final class Atom.AtomRankComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

Sorts the atoms.

Constructor Summary

Atom.AtomRankComparator(Atom[] atoms, SourceTermType[] prec, boolean lat_flag, boolean sui_flag, boolean lui_flag)
Constructor

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compare the two atoms based on the ranks stored previously.
void	setAtoms(Atom[] atoms) This method initializes the comparator with a new Concept.

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

Atom.AtomRankComparator

public Atom.AtomRankComparator(Atom[] atoms,
                               SourceTermType[] prec,
                               boolean lat_flag,
                               boolean sui_flag,
                               boolean lui_flag)
                        throws Exception

Constructor

Parameters:

atoms - a Atom[] containing atoms to compare

prec - SourceTermType[]

lat_flag - a flag indicating whether or not to sort by LAT

sui_flag - a flag indicating whether or not to sort by SUI

lui_flag - a flag indicating whether or not to sort by LUI

Throws:

Exception

Method Detail

setAtoms

public void setAtoms(Atom[] atoms)

This method initializes the comparator with a new Concept.

Parameters:

atoms - a new Atom[]

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Compare the two atoms based on the ranks stored previously.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - Object 1 to compare

o2 - Object 2 to compare

Returns:

an int for the relative ordering