Package org.midheaven.lang

Class Comparables

java.lang.Object

org.midheaven.lang.Comparables

public class Comparables
extends Object

Represents Comparables.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> int	compare(Comparator<T> comparator, T a, T b)	Performs compare.
static <T extends Comparable<T>> int	compare(T a, T b)	Performs compare.
static <T extends Comparable<T>> Maybe<T>	max(Iterable<T> elements)	Performs max.
static <T> Maybe<T>	max(Comparator<T> comparator, Iterable<T> elements)	Performs max.
static <T> T	max(Comparator<T> comparator, T a, T b, T... others)	Performs max.
static <T extends Comparable<T>> T	max(T a, T b, T... others)	Performs max.
static <T extends Comparable<T>> Maybe<T>	min(Iterable<T> elements)	Performs min.
static <T> Maybe<T>	min(Comparator<T> comparator, Iterable<T> elements)	Performs min.
static <T> T	min(Comparator<T> comparator, T a, T b, T... others)	Performs min.
static <T extends Comparable<T>> T	min(T a, T b, T... others)	Performs min.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

compare

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> int compare(T a,
 T b)

Performs compare.

Parameters:

a - the a value

b - the b value

Returns:

the result of compare

compare

public static <T> int compare(Comparator<T> comparator,
 T a,
 T b)

Performs compare.

Parameters:

comparator - the comparator value

a - the a value

b - the b value

Returns:

the result of compare

min

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T min(T a,
 T b,
 T... others)

Performs min.

Parameters:

a - the a value

b - the b value

others - the others value

Returns:

the result of min

min

public static <T> T min(Comparator<T> comparator,
 T a,
 T b,
 T... others)

Performs min.

Parameters:

comparator - the comparator value

a - the a value

b - the b value

others - the others value

Returns:

the result of min

min

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> Maybe<T> min(Iterable<T> elements)

Performs min.

Parameters:

elements - the elements value

Returns:

the result of min

min

public static <T> Maybe<T> min(Comparator<T> comparator,
 Iterable<T> elements)

Performs min.

Parameters:

comparator - the comparator value

elements - the elements value

Returns:

the result of min

max

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T max(T a,
 T b,
 T... others)

Performs max.

Parameters:

a - the a value

b - the b value

others - the others value

Returns:

the result of max

max

public static <T> T max(Comparator<T> comparator,
 T a,
 T b,
 T... others)

Performs max.

Parameters:

comparator - the comparator value

a - the a value

b - the b value

others - the others value

Returns:

the result of max

max

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> Maybe<T> max(Iterable<T> elements)

Performs max.

Parameters:

elements - the elements value

Returns:

the result of max

max

public static <T> Maybe<T> max(Comparator<T> comparator,
 Iterable<T> elements)

Performs max.

Parameters:

comparator - the comparator value

elements - the elements value

Returns:

the result of max