org.opends.server.backends.jeb
Class AttributeIndex.KeyComparator

java.lang.Object
  org.opends.server.backends.jeb.AttributeIndex.KeyComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<byte[]>

Enclosing class:

AttributeIndex

public static class AttributeIndex.KeyComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<byte[]>

The default lexicographic byte array comparator. Is there one available in the Java platform?

Constructor Summary

AttributeIndex.KeyComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(byte[] a, byte[] b) Compares its two arguments for order.

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeIndex.KeyComparator

public AttributeIndex.KeyComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(byte[] a,
                   byte[] b)

Compares its two arguments for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<byte[]>

Parameters:

a - the first object to be compared.

b - the second object to be compared.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.