PkgAgentSystem.Experiences
Class ValueComparator

java.lang.Object
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public class ValueComparator

extends Object

implements Comparator

Compares two agent identity objects according to a certain characteristic. Used for sorting.

Version:

1.0, 1.7.2000

Author:

Michael Sonntag

Field Summary

protected String	characteristic The characteristic to compare
protected Experiences	exp The Experiences object

Constructor Summary

ValueComparator(Experiences exp, String characteristic)
Creates a new comparator which compares a certain characteristic.

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compares its two arguments for order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

exp

protected Experiences exp

The Experiences object

characteristic

protected String characteristic

The characteristic to compare

Constructor Detail

ValueComparator

public ValueComparator(Experiences exp,
                       String characteristic)

Creates a new comparator which compares a certain characteristic.

Parameters:

exp - the experiences object in which to compare

characteristic - the characteristic to compare

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Compares its two arguments for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - the first object to compare

o2 - the second object to compare

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the arguments' types are not both of class AgentIdentity