com.lowagie.text
Class StringCompare

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.lowagie.text.StringCompare
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.util.Comparator

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

This class was used in the 1.1-version of iText (by Volker Richert). Paulo Soares suggested I should add it to the original library, so that in the future it would be easier to port it to the JDK1.1.x.


Constructor Summary
StringCompare()
           
 
Method Summary
 int compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)
          Compares 2 objects.
 
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

StringCompare

public StringCompare()
Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)
Compares 2 objects.

Specified by:
compare in interface java.util.Comparator
Parameters:
o1 - a first object
o2 - a second object
Returns:
a value
Throws:
java.lang.ClassCastException - if the objects aren't Strings