Package com.github.tommyettinger.ds.support.sort

Interface CharComparator

All Superinterfaces:

Comparator<Character>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharComparators.NaturalImplicitComparator, CharComparators.OppositeComparator, CharComparators.OppositeImplicitComparator

public interface CharComparator
extends Comparator<Character>

A type-specific Comparator; provides methods to compare two primitive types both as objects and as primitive types.

See Also:

• Comparator
• CharComparators

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(char k1, char k2)	Compares its two primitive-type arguments for order.
default int	compare(Character ok1, Character ok2)	Deprecated. Please use the corresponding type-specific method instead.
default CharComparator	reversed()
default CharComparator	thenComparing(CharComparator second)	Return a new comparator that first uses this comparator, then uses the second comparator if this comparator compared the two elements as equal.
default Comparator<Character>	thenComparing(Comparator<? super Character> second)

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Method Details

compare

int compare(char k1,
 char k2)

Compares its two primitive-type arguments for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

Returns:

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

See Also:

• Comparator

reversed

default CharComparator reversed()

Specified by:

reversed in interface Comparator<Character>

compare

@Deprecated
default int compare(Character ok1,
 Character ok2)

Deprecated.

Please use the corresponding type-specific method instead.

This implementation delegates to the corresponding type-specific method.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Character>

thenComparing

default CharComparator thenComparing(CharComparator second)

Return a new comparator that first uses this comparator, then uses the second comparator if this comparator compared the two elements as equal.

See Also:

• Comparator.thenComparing(Comparator)

thenComparing

default Comparator<Character> thenComparing(Comparator<? super Character> second)

Specified by:

thenComparing in interface Comparator<Character>