net.icite.datastore
Interface DatastoreComparator

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Comparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

WTFBaseComparator

public interface DatastoreComparator

extends java.util.Comparator

The DatastoreComparator interface extends the java.util.Comparator interface. It allows a specific key or specific keys to be set such that comparisons between HashTable-type sets are performed as comparisons between the values of the specified key or keys within those sets. This essentially allows for a particular "column" (key) to be used to sort a "table" (collection of HashTable-type sets).

Version:

$Id: DatastoreComparator.java,v 1.0 2005/04/30 17:15:00 jay Exp $

Author:

Jay Fienberg

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	key
static java.lang.String[]	keys
static java.lang.String	mode

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getKey()
java.lang.String[]	getKeys()
java.lang.String	getMode()
void	setKey(java.lang.String key)
void	setKeys(java.lang.String[] keys)
void	setMode(java.lang.String mode)

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals

Field Detail

key

public static final java.lang.String key

keys

public static final java.lang.String[] keys

mode

public static final java.lang.String mode

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getKey

public java.lang.String getKey()

setKey

public void setKey(java.lang.String key)

getKeys

public java.lang.String[] getKeys()

setKeys

public void setKeys(java.lang.String[] keys)

getMode

public java.lang.String getMode()

setMode

public void setMode(java.lang.String mode)