org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.comparators
Class NormalizingComparator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.comparators.NormalizingComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

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

A comparator which normalizes a value first before using a subordinate comparator to compare them.

Version:

$Rev: 798550 $

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Constructor Summary

NormalizingComparator(Normalizer normalizer, java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object> comparator)
A comparator which normalizes a value first before comparing them.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) If any normalization attempt fails we compare using the unnormalized object.

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

NormalizingComparator

public NormalizingComparator(Normalizer normalizer,
                             java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object> comparator)

A comparator which normalizes a value first before comparing them.

Parameters:

normalizer - the Normalizer to normalize values with before comparing

comparator - the underlying comparator to use for comparisons

Method Detail

compare

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

If any normalization attempt fails we compare using the unnormalized object.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

See Also:

Comparator.compare(Object, Object)