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org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper

public Class MappingCompare

extends Object
implements Comparator<DatabaseMapping>, Serializable
Class Inheritance
All Implemented Interfaces
java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator
Imports
java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator, org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping

INTERNAL: Use to Sort The mappings in ClassDescriptor, Mappings are either DirectToField, which must be at the top or other Avoid using this class as sun.misc is not part of many VM's like Netscapes.

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private static final long

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public int
compare(DatabaseMapping
the first object to be compared.
arg1
,
DatabaseMapping
the second object to be compared.
arg2
)

Implements java.util.Comparator.compare.

Compares its two arguments for order.
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Field Detail

serialVersionUIDback to summary
private static final long serialVersionUID

Constructor Detail

MappingCompareback to summary
public MappingCompare()

Method Detail

compareback to summary
public int compare(DatabaseMapping arg1, DatabaseMapping arg2)

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
arg1:DatabaseMapping

the first object to be compared.

arg2:DatabaseMapping

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