PkgAgentSystem.Experiences
Class ValueComparator

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

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