de.javanarior.utils.compare

Interface SpeakingComparable<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the object to compare

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpeakingComparableAdapter

public interface SpeakingComparable<T>
extends Comparable<T>

A more speaking Comparable interface. Usually the methods in this interface rely on Comparable#compareTo(Object).

As mentioned in Comparable the compareTo and equals does not have strictly to be consistent ( (x.compareTo(y)==0) == (x.equals(y))), even it's recommend and should be noted. For this reason the equals method here is called equalsTo.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equalsTo(T other) Returns true if this is equals other.
boolean	greaterOrEqualsThan(T other) Returns true if this is greater or equals than other.
boolean	greaterThan(T other) Returns true if this is greater than other.
boolean	lessOrEqualsThan(T other) Returns true if this is less or equals than other.
boolean	lessThan(T other) Returns true if this is less than other.
boolean	notEqualsTo(T other) Returns true if this is not equals other.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

equalsTo

boolean equalsTo(T other)

Returns true if this is equals other.

Parameters:

other - to compare

Returns:

true if this is equals other, false otherwise

notEqualsTo

boolean notEqualsTo(T other)

Returns true if this is not equals other.

Parameters:

other - to compare

Returns:

true if this is not equals other, false otherwise

greaterThan

boolean greaterThan(T other)

Returns true if this is greater than other.

Parameters:

other - to compare

Returns:

true if this is greater than other, false otherwise

greaterOrEqualsThan

boolean greaterOrEqualsThan(T other)

Returns true if this is greater or equals than other.

Parameters:

other - to compare

Returns:

true if this is greater or equals than other, false otherwise

lessThan

boolean lessThan(T other)

Returns true if this is less than other.

Parameters:

other - to compare

Returns:

true if this is less than other, false otherwise

lessOrEqualsThan

boolean lessOrEqualsThan(T other)

Returns true if this is less or equals than other.

Parameters:

other - to compare

Returns:

true if this is less or equals than other, false otherwise