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Interface collections.Comparator

public interface interface Comparator
extends Serializable
Comparator is an interface for any class possessing an element comparison method.

Method Index

o compare(Object, Object)
Compare two Objects with respect to ordering.

Methods

o compare 
 public abstract int compare(Object fst,
                             Object snd)
Compare two Objects with respect to ordering. Typical implementations first cast their arguments to particular types in order to perform comparison

Parameters:
fst - first argument
snd - second argument
Returns:
a negative number if fst is less than snd; a positive number if fst is greater than snd; else 0 
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