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Class BinaryTuple.TupleComparator

Object

kb.BinaryTuple.TupleComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

Enclosing class:

BinaryTuple

public static class BinaryTuple.TupleComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TupleComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Used by sorting routines only; not useful for matching (which is a much more interesting operation).

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Methods inherited from interface Comparator

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

Constructor Detail

TupleComparator

public TupleComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Used by sorting routines only; not useful for matching (which is a much more interesting operation).

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - one tuple or subclass

o2 - another tuple or subclass

Returns:

negative integer, zero or positive integer, depending on whether t1's relation label is less than, equal to, or greater than t2's relation label. Ignores case of labels. If relations are equal, compares concept1's label. If still equal, tries concept t2's label, then gives up.