gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Class SourceElement.BySourceComparator

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.SourceElement.BySourceComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

Enclosing interface:

SourceElement

public static final class SourceElement.BySourceComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

Sorts the sources.

Constructor Summary

SourceElement.BySourceComparator()
Instantiates a comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compares the specified field of each String object.

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

SourceElement.BySourceComparator

public SourceElement.BySourceComparator()

Instantiates a comparator.

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.