org.sStu
Class CharComparator

java.lang.Object
  org.sStu.CharComparator

public abstract class CharComparator

extends java.lang.Object

Class for comparing two characters in the sequence.

Author:

Audrius Meskauskas

See Also:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Constructor Summary

CharComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(char[] A, int i, char[] B, int j) Compares characters at A[i] and B[j].
abstract int	compare(char a, char b) Return the score of comparison of the two characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharComparator

public CharComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public abstract int compare(char a,
                            char b)

Return the score of comparison of the two characters. Implementing classed must override this method.

Returns:

The score of comparison of the two characters a and b

compare

public int compare(char[] A,
                   int i,
                   char[] B,
                   int j)

Compares characters at A[i] and B[j]. Sophisticated comparison algorithms may use comparison strategies that take the value of the neighbouring characters into account. The default method calls compare(char a, char b),

Returns:

The score of comparison of the two characters a and b