com.plumtree.openfoundation.util
Interface IXPComparable

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

XPDateTime

public interface IXPComparable
extends java.lang.Comparable

This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it. This ordering is referred to as the class's natural ordering, and the class's compareTo method is referred to as its natural comparison method.

Method Summary

int	CompareTo(java.lang.Object obj) Compares this object with Object passed to it and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to or greater than the other.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

CompareTo

int CompareTo(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares this object with Object passed to it and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to or greater than the other.

Parameters:

obj - object to compare

Returns:

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