com.metamatrix.toolbox.ui.widget.table
Class DefaultTableComparator

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.toolbox.ui.widget.table.DefaultTableComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

TableComparator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DeployTableSorter, DirectoryEntryTableComparator

public class DefaultTableComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements TableComparator

Since:

2.0

Version:

2.0

Author:

John P. A. Verhaeg

Constructor Summary

DefaultTableComparator()

Method Summary

protected int	compare(java.lang.Comparable firstValue, java.lang.Comparable secondValue)
int	compare(java.lang.Object firstValue, java.lang.Object secondValue, int columnIndex) compare the first and second values
static DefaultTableComparator	getInstance()
boolean	ignoresCase()
void	setIgnoresCase(boolean ignoresCase)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultTableComparator

public DefaultTableComparator()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DefaultTableComparator getInstance()

Since:

2.0

compare

protected int compare(java.lang.Comparable firstValue,
                      java.lang.Comparable secondValue)

Since:

2.0

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object firstValue,
                   java.lang.Object secondValue,
                   int columnIndex)

Description copied from interface: TableComparator

compare the first and second values

Specified by:

compare in interface TableComparator

columnIndex - the index of the table column being compared

Returns:

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

Since:

2.0

ignoresCase

public boolean ignoresCase()

Since:

2.0

setIgnoresCase

public void setIgnoresCase(boolean ignoresCase)

Since:

2.0