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Interface Comparable


public interface Comparable

A Comparable object knows how to compare itself to other objects of its own type.


Method Summary
 int compare(Comparable c)
          Compares this object with another Comparable object of the type of this one.
 

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Comparable c)
Compares this object with another Comparable object of the type of this one.
Parameters:
c - an object to compare to this one
Returns:
a -ve value if this object is less than /c/, a +ve one if it is greater than /c/, and 0 if they are the same. If /c/ is a Comparable not of the same type as this one, return a non-zero value (sign undefined).