BlogCaptionComparator


1   /*
2    * Copyright (c) 2007 OpenSubsystems s.r.o. Slovak Republic. All rights reserved.
3    * 
4    * Project: OpenSubsystems
5    * 
6    * $Id: BlogCaptionComparator.java,v 1.1 2007/03/05 07:28:12 bastafidli Exp $
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21  
22  package org.opensubsystems.blog.logic;
23  
24  import java.util.Comparator  ;
25  
26  import org.opensubsystems.blog.data.Blog;
27  
28  /**
29   * Comparator to compare blog data objects based on their captions.
30   * 
31   * @version $Id: BlogCaptionComparator.java,v 1.1 2007/03/05 07:28:12 bastafidli Exp $
32   * @author Miro Halas
33   * @code.reviewer Miro Halas
34   * @code.reviewed Initial revision
35   */
36  public class BlogCaptionComparator implements Comparator  
37  {
38     // Cached values ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
39     
40     /**
41      * Shared comparator instance. Must be named this way to avoid Checkstyle 
42      * warning.
43      */
44     private static Comparator   s_instance = new BlogCaptionComparator();
45  
46     // Public methods ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
47     
48     /**
49      * Get shared comparator instance.
50      *
51      * @return Comparator  - shared comparator instance
52      */
53     public static Comparator   getInstance(
54     )
55     {
56        return s_instance;
57     }
58  
59     /**
60      * Compare captions of two Blog data objects.
61      *
62      * @param  o1 - Blog #1
63      * @param  o2 - Blog #2
64      * @return int - -1 if o1 < o2,
65      *                0 if o1 == o2
66      *                1 if o1 > o2
67      */
68     public int compare(
69        Object   o1,
70        Object   o2
71     )
72     {
73        String   strCaption1 = ((Blog)o1).getCaption();
74        String   strCaption2 = ((Blog)o2).getCaption();
75  
76        return strCaption1.compareTo(strCaption2);
77     }
78  }
79
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