org.eclipse.rse.core
Class SystemSorter

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.rse.core.SystemSorter

public abstract class SystemSorter

extends Object

The SortOperation takes a collection of objects and returns a sorted collection of these objects. Concrete instances of this class provide the criteria for the sorting of the objects based on the type of the objects.

Constructor Summary

SystemSorter()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	compare(Object elementOne, Object elementTwo) Returns true is elementTwo is 'greater than' elementOne This is the 'ordering' method of the sort operation.
Object[]	sort(Object[] unSortedCollection) Return a new sorted collection from this unsorted collection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SystemSorter

public SystemSorter()

Method Detail

compare

public abstract boolean compare(Object elementOne,
                                Object elementTwo)

Returns true is elementTwo is 'greater than' elementOne This is the 'ordering' method of the sort operation. Each subclass overides this method with the particular implementation of the 'greater than' concept for the objects being sorted.

sort

public Object[] sort(Object[] unSortedCollection)

Return a new sorted collection from this unsorted collection. Sort using quick sort.