hlt.language.util

Interface Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DoubleToIntMap.Entry, GrammarSymbol, IntToIntMap.Entry, LexComparableString, NonTerminal, ObjectToIntMap.Entry, Operator, OperatorSymbol, ParserOperator, Sort, Symbol, Terminal, ToIntMap.Entry, TupleFieldName

public interface Comparable

This is an interface for objects that must be compared.

Version:

Last modified on Tue Jun 19 17:36:21 2012 by hak

Author:

Hassan Aït-Kaci

Copyright:

© Hassan Aït-Kaci

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	lessThan(Comparable other) Important: this should be a strict inequality.

Method Detail

lessThan

boolean lessThan(Comparable other)

Important: this should be a strict inequality. In other words, it must return false for equal objects. If not, a sorting procedure like QuickSort may loop forever.