jdbm.helper
Class ByteArrayComparator

java.lang.Object
  jdbm.helper.ByteArrayComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator

public final class ByteArrayComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

Comparator for byte arrays.

Version:

$Id: ByteArrayComparator.java,v 1.4 2002/05/31 06:33:20 boisvert Exp $

Author:

Alex Boisvert

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object obj1, java.lang.Object obj2) Compare two objects.
static int	compareByteArray(byte[] thisKey, byte[] otherKey) Compare two byte arrays.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayComparator

public ByteArrayComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object obj1,
                   java.lang.Object obj2)

Compare two objects.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - First object

obj2 - Second object

Returns:

a positive integer if obj1 > obj2, 0 if obj1 == obj2, and a negative integer if obj1 < obj2

compareByteArray

public static int compareByteArray(byte[] thisKey,
                                   byte[] otherKey)

Compare two byte arrays.