gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Class Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator

java.lang.Object
  extended bygov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparator
Enclosing class:
Concept

public static final class Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

Sorts the Concepts based on String order.


Constructor Summary
Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator(Language lat)
          Instantiates a comparator.
 
Method Summary
 int compare(Object o1, Object o2)
          Compares the specified field of each String object.
 boolean equals(Comparator comp)
           
 String getPreferredName(Concept c)
          Looks up concept preferred name.
 String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals
 

Constructor Detail

Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator

public Concept.ByPreferredNameComparator(Language lat)
Instantiates a comparator.

Parameters:
lat - Language in which sort will be done
Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)
Compares the specified field of each String object.

Specified by:
compare in interface Comparator
Parameters:
o1 - the first Object to be compared.
o2 - the second Object to be compared.
Returns:
An int which might be negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

getPreferredName

public String getPreferredName(Concept c)
Looks up concept preferred name.

Parameters:
c - the Concept
Returns:
the preferred name of the Concept

toString

public String toString()

equals

public boolean equals(Comparator comp)


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