gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Class Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

Enclosing interface:

Concept

public static final class Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

Sorts the Concepts based on String order.

Constructor Summary

Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator(Language lat)
Instantiates a comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compares the specified field of each String object.
boolean	equals(Comparator comp) Indicates if the given Comparator is a Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator
String	getPreferredName(Concept c) Looks up concept preferred name.
String	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

Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator

public Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator(Language lat)

Instantiates a comparator.

Parameters:

lat - Language in which sort will be done

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Compares the specified field of each String object.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - the first Object to be compared.

o2 - the second Object to be compared.

Returns:

An int which might be negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

getPreferredName

public String getPreferredName(Concept c)

Looks up concept preferred name.

Parameters:

c - the Concept

Returns:

the preferred name of the Concept

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Comparator comp)

Indicates if the given Comparator is a Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator

Parameters:

comp - Comparator

Returns:

true if the given Comparator is a Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator false otherwise