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- package PVS.Utils;
- /*
- File: Comparator.java
-
- Originally written by Doug Lea and released into the public domain.
- Thanks for the assistance and support of Sun Microsystems Labs, Agorics
- Inc, Loral, and everyone contributing, testing, and using this code.
-
- History:
- Date Who What
- 24Sep95 dl@cs.oswego.edu Create from collections.java working file
-
- */
-
- //package collections;
-
- /**
- *
- * Comparator is an interface for any class possessing an element
- * comparison method.
- * @author Doug Lea
- * @version 0.93
- *
- * <P> For an introduction to this package see <A HREF="index.html"> Overview </A>.
- *
- **/
-
- public interface Comparator {
-
- /**
- * Compare two Objects with respect to ordering. Typical
- * implementations first cast their arguments to particular
- * types in order to perform comparison
- *
- * @param fst first argument
- * @param snd second argument
- * @return a negative number if fst is less than snd; a
- * positive number if fst is greater than snd; else 0
- **/
- public int compare(Object fst, Object snd);
- }
-
-