Interface order.Ordered
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Interface order.Ordered
- public interface Ordered
- extends Object
An interface for ordered objects.
A class that is to be used as a key in an ordered data structure
(such as a treap) must implement this interface.
- Version:
- 1.0, 22 April 1997
- See Also:
- Treap
-
compareTo(Ordered)
- Compares two ordered objects.
compareTo
public abstract int compareTo(Ordered anotherOrderedObject)
- Compares two ordered objects.
This function should implement a total order relation.
- Parameters:
- anotherOrderedObject - the ordered object to be compared
- Returns:
- the value 0 if this object equals the argument;
a value less that 0 if this object is less than the argument;
and a value larger than 0 if this object is greater than
the argument.
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