Package edu.byu.hbll.box.internal.util

Class NumberComparator

java.lang.Object

edu.byu.hbll.box.internal.util.NumberComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<Number>

public class NumberComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<Number>

Compares Numbers numerically. For example, an Integer and a BigDecimal with the same numeric value will be considered equal even though they are of two different number types.

Derived from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2683202/comparing-the-values-of-two-generic-numbers/2683438.

Author:

Charles Draper

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NumberComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(Number x, Number y)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

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

Constructor Details

NumberComparator

public NumberComparator()

Method Details

compare

public int compare(Number x,
 Number y)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<Number>