javax.microedition.rms
Interface RecordComparator

public interface RecordComparator

An interface defining a comparator which compares two records (in an implementation-defined manner) to see if they match or what their relative sort order is. The application implements this interface to compare two candidate records. The return value must indicate the ordering of the two records. The compare method is called by RecordEnumeration to sort and return records in an application specified order. For example:

 RecordComparator c = new AddressRecordComparator();
 if (c.compare(recordStore.getRecord(rec1), recordStore.getRecord(rec2))
         == RecordComparator.PRECEDES)
 return rec1;
 

Since:

MIDP 1.0

Field Summary

static int	EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENT means that in terms of search or sort order, the two records are the same.
static int	FOLLOWS FOLLOWS means that the left (first parameter) record follows the right (second parameter) record in terms of search or sort order.
static int	PRECEDES PRECEDES means that the left (first parameter) record precedes the right (second parameter) record in terms of search or sort order.

Method Summary

int	compare(byte[] rec1, byte[] rec2) Returns RecordComparator.PRECEDES if rec1 precedes rec2 in sort order, or RecordComparator.FOLLOWS if rec1 follows rec2 in sort order, or RecordComparator.EQUIVALENT if rec1 and rec2 are equivalent in terms of sort order.

Field Detail

EQUIVALENT

static final int EQUIVALENT

EQUIVALENT means that in terms of search or sort order, the two records are the same. This does not necessarily mean that the two records are identical.

The value of EQUIVALENT is 0.

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Constant Field Values

FOLLOWS

static final int FOLLOWS

FOLLOWS means that the left (first parameter) record follows the right (second parameter) record in terms of search or sort order.

The value of FOLLOWS is 1.

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Constant Field Values

PRECEDES

static final int PRECEDES

PRECEDES means that the left (first parameter) record precedes the right (second parameter) record in terms of search or sort order.

The value of PRECEDES is -1.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

compare

int compare(byte[] rec1,
            byte[] rec2)

Returns RecordComparator.PRECEDES if rec1 precedes rec2 in sort order, or RecordComparator.FOLLOWS if rec1 follows rec2 in sort order, or RecordComparator.EQUIVALENT if rec1 and rec2 are equivalent in terms of sort order.

Parameters:

rec1 - the first record to use for comparison. Within this method, the application must treat this parameter as read-only.

rec2 - the second record to use for comparison. Within this method, the application must treat this parameter as read-only.

Returns:

RecordComparator.PRECEDES if rec1 precedes rec2 in sort order, or RecordComparator.FOLLOWS if rec1 follows rec2 in sort order, or RecordComparator.EQUIVALENT if rec1 and rec2 are equivalent in terms of sort order