gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Trie
Class RuleResultComparator

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Trie.RuleResultComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public class RuleResultComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator

This class provides methods to compare rule results.

History:

Version:

V-2006p

Author:

NLM NLS Development Team

See Also:

RuleResult

Constructor Summary

RuleResultComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Compare two object o1 and o2.

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

RuleResultComparator

public RuleResultComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)

Compare two object o1 and o2. Both objects o1 and o2 are RuleResult. The compare algorithm uses category, result length, ignores cases, and uses alphabetic order

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - first object to be compared

o2 - second object to be compared

Returns:

a negative integer, 0, or positive integer to represent the object o1 is less, equals, or greater than object 02.