org.dmonix.gui.comparators
Class IgnoreCaseComparator

java.lang.Object
  org.dmonix.gui.comparators.IgnoreCaseComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public class IgnoreCaseComparator

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.util.Comparator

Basic comparator that can be set to be character case sensitive or not.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company: dmonix.org

Version:

1.1

Author:

Peter Nerg

Constructor Summary

IgnoreCaseComparator()
Creates a case insensitive comparator.

IgnoreCaseComparator(boolean ignoreCase)
Creates a case (in)sensitive comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2) Compares the toString representation of two objects.
boolean	isCaseSensitive() Returns if the comparator is case sensitive or not.
void	setCaseSensitive(boolean b) Sets if this comparator is to be case sensitive or not.

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

Constructor Detail

IgnoreCaseComparator

public IgnoreCaseComparator()

Creates a case insensitive comparator.

IgnoreCaseComparator

public IgnoreCaseComparator(boolean ignoreCase)

Creates a case (in)sensitive comparator.

Parameters:

ignoreCase - true - case insensitive, false case sensitive

Method Detail

setCaseSensitive

public void setCaseSensitive(boolean b)

Sets if this comparator is to be case sensitive or not.

Parameters:

b - true - case sensitive, false - case insensitive

isCaseSensitive

public boolean isCaseSensitive()

Returns if the comparator is case sensitive or not.

Returns:

true - case sensitive, false - case insensitive

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)

Compares the toString representation of two objects.
The comparison uses either compareToIgnoreCase or compareTo depending of if this comparator is case sensitive or not.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - Object one

o2 - Object two

Returns:

The result