package com.limegroup.gnutella.util;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;
/**
* Compares two Strings via String.compareTo(String). Useful for storing Java
* 1.1.8 Strings in Java 1.2+ sorted collections classes. This is needed
* because Strings in 1.1.8 do not implement the Comparable interface, unlike
* Strings in 1.2+.
*/
final class StringComparator implements Comparator, Serializable {
static final long serialVersionUID = -624599003446177506L;
/** Returns ((String)a).compareTo((String)b). */
public int compare(Object a, Object b) {
String as=(String)a;
String bs=(String)b;
return as.compareTo(bs);
}
}