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netcharts.util
Interface NFCompare

Implementing Classes:

NFUtil, NFSort

public interface NFCompare

This interface is used for those objects wishing to use generic sort methods, like those in the NFSort class.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object d1, java.lang.Object d2) This method is called when two objects need to be compared.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object d1,
                   java.lang.Object d2)

This method is called when two objects need to be compared. The compare method should return -1 if d1 is less than d2, 0 if d1 equals d2, and 1 if d1 is greater than than d2.

Parameters:

d1 - Object one.

d2 - Object two.

Returns:

0 if equal, -1 if d1 is less than d2, 1 if d1 is greater than d2.