Package com.nt.udc.util

Interface FileComparator

All Superinterfaces:

Comparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

BatchIdFileComparator, FileNameComparator, LastModifiedFileComparator, NARFileComparator, RecFileComparator

public interface FileComparator
extends Comparator

The purpose of this interface is to allow a more detailed File comparison than that supported by the File class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareFiles(File file1, File file2)	Compares two Files

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Method Details

compareFiles

int compareFiles(File file1,
 File file2)
          throws FileParseException

Compares two Files

Parameters:

file1 - File to compare

file2 - File to compare

Returns:

1, if file1 > file2 0, if file1 == file2 -1, if file1 invalid input: '<' file2

Throws:

FileParseException