JabRef 5.15 · org.jabref.gui.util.comparator.NumericFieldComparator

public Class NumericFieldComparator

Comparator for numeric cases. The purpose of this class is to add the numeric comparison, because values are sorted as if they were strings.

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	NumericFieldComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public int	compare(String the first object to be compared. val1, String the second object to be compared. val2) Implements java.util.Comparator.compare. Compares its two arguments for order.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

Constructor Detail

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public NumericFieldComparator()

Method Detail

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public int compare(String val1, String val2) Implements java.util.Comparator.compare. Doc from java.util.Comparator.compare. 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. The implementor must ensure that `signum(compare(x, y)) == -signum(compare(y, x))` for all `x` and `y`. (This implies that `compare(x, y)` must throw an exception if and only if `compare(y, x)` throws an exception.) The implementor must also ensure that the relation is transitive: `((compare(x, y)>0) && (compare(y, z)>0))` implies `compare(x, z)>0`. Finally, the implementor must ensure that `compare(x, y)==0` implies that `signum(compare(x, z))==signum(compare(y, z))` for all `z`. Parameters val1:String the first object to be compared. val2:String the second object to be compared. Returns:int a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second. Annotations @Override

public int compare(String val1, String val2)

Implements java.util.Comparator.compare.

Doc from java.util.Comparator.compare.

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.

The implementor must ensure that signum(compare(x, y)) == -signum(compare(y, x)) for all x and y. (This implies that compare(x, y) must throw an exception if and only if compare(y, x) throws an exception.)

The implementor must also ensure that the relation is transitive: ((compare(x, y)>0) && (compare(y, z)>0)) implies compare(x, z)>0.

Finally, the implementor must ensure that compare(x, y)==0 implies that signum(compare(x, z))==signum(compare(y, z)) for all z.

Parameters

val1:String: the first object to be compared.
val2:String: the second object to be compared.

Returns:int

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

Annotations

@Override