Source of TimeComparator.java


  1: // Fig. 19.10: TimeComparator.java
  2: // Custom Comparator class that compares two Time2 objects.
  3: import java.util.Comparator;
  4: 
  5: public class TimeComparator implements Comparator< Time2 > 
  6: {
  7:    public int compare( Time2 time1, Time2 time2 )
  8:    {
  9:       int hourCompare = time1.getHour() - time2.getHour(); // compare hour
 10:          
 11:       // test the hour first
 12:       if ( hourCompare != 0 )
 13:          return hourCompare;
 14:          
 15:       int minuteCompare = 
 16:          time1.getMinute() - time2.getMinute(); // compare minute
 17:          
 18:       // then test the minute
 19:       if ( minuteCompare != 0 )
 20:          return minuteCompare;
 21:          
 22:       int secondCompare = 
 23:          time1.getSecond() - time2.getSecond(); // compare second
 24: 
 25:       return secondCompare; // return result of comparing seconds
 26:    } // end method compare
 27: } // end class TimeComparator
 28: 
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