org.acm.seguin.pretty.sort
Class MultipleOrdering

java.lang.Object
  org.acm.seguin.pretty.sort.MultipleOrdering

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

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

Stores a number of orderings together and produce a single order from them

Author:

Chris Seguin

Constructor Summary

MultipleOrdering(Settings settings)
Constructor for the MultipleOrdering object

MultipleOrdering(java.lang.String[] order)
Constructor for testing purposes.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object obj1, java.lang.Object obj2) Description of the Method

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

MultipleOrdering

public MultipleOrdering(Settings settings)

Constructor for the MultipleOrdering object

Parameters:

settings - Description of Parameter

MultipleOrdering

public MultipleOrdering(java.lang.String[] order)

Constructor for testing purposes. Takes the order strings in an array to start it off

Parameters:

order - Description of Parameter

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object obj1,
                   java.lang.Object obj2)

Description of the Method

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - Description of Parameter

obj2 - Description of Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Returned Value