helma.framework.repository
Class ResourceComparator

java.lang.Object
  helma.framework.repository.ResourceComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public class ResourceComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator

Sorts resources according to the order of their repositories

Field Summary

protected Application

app

Constructor Summary

ResourceComparator(Application app)
Constructcs a ResourceComparator sorting according to the top-level repositories of the given application

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object obj1, java.lang.Object obj2) Compares two Repositories, Resources or RepositoryTrackers
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Checks if the comparator is equal to the given comparator A ResourceComparator is equal to another ResourceComparator if the applications they belong to are equal
Application	getApplication() Return the application we're comparing resources for

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

app

protected Application app

Constructor Detail

ResourceComparator

public ResourceComparator(Application app)

Constructcs a ResourceComparator sorting according to the top-level repositories of the given application

Parameters:

app - application that provides the top-level repositories

Method Detail

compare

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

Compares two Repositories, Resources or RepositoryTrackers

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - Repository, Resource or RepositoryTrackers

obj2 - Repository, Resource or RepositoryTrackers

Returns:

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

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the arguments' types prevent them from being compared by this Comparator.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Checks if the comparator is equal to the given comparator A ResourceComparator is equal to another ResourceComparator if the applications they belong to are equal

Specified by:

equals in interface java.util.Comparator

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - comparator

Returns:

true if the given comparator equals

getApplication

public Application getApplication()

Return the application we're comparing resources for

Returns:

the application instance