com.tangosol.util.comparator

Interface EntryAwareComparator<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Comparator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChainedComparator, EntryComparator, InverseComparator, SafeComparator

public interface EntryAwareComparator<T>
extends Comparator<T>

EntryAwareComparator is an extension to the Comparator interface that allows the EntryComparator to know whether the underlying comparator expects to compare the corresponding Entries' keys or values.

Author:

gg 2007.05.05

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isKeyComparator() Specifies whether this comparator expects to compare keys or values.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Method Detail

isKeyComparator

boolean isKeyComparator()

Specifies whether this comparator expects to compare keys or values.

Returns:

true if Entry keys are expected; false otherwise