Package com.invirgance.convirgance.transform.filter

Class CoerciveComparator

java.lang.Object

com.invirgance.convirgance.transform.filter.CoerciveComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

public class CoerciveComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

Compares objects of different types, supporting nulls, numbers, and comparables.

Author:

jbanes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CoerciveComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(Object left, Object right)	Compares two objects based on their types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Details

CoerciveComparator

public CoerciveComparator()

Method Details

compare

public int compare(Object left,
 Object right)

Compares two objects based on their types. Falling back to hashcode comparison if needed.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

left - The first Object.

right - The second Object.

Returns:

An integer from -1 to 1. 0 being equality.