/**
* Copyright 1999-2009 The Pegadi Team
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.pegadi.articlelist;
// pegadi-imports
import org.pegadi.model.Article;
import java.util.Comparator;
/**
* A @link{Comparator} for comparing/sorting articles by their ArticleType.<p>
* <p/>
* The algorithm does not sort on ID if the ArticleTypes match.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:jb@underdusken.no">Jørgen Binningsbø</a>
* @version $Id$
* @see Comparator
*/
public class ArticleByArticleTypeComparator implements Comparator {
/**
* The name of the comparator
*/
protected String name;
/**
* Creates a new comparator with the given name.
*/
public ArticleByArticleTypeComparator(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
/**
* Creates an new comparator with the default name.
*/
public ArticleByArticleTypeComparator() {
this.name = "Article type";
}
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
Article art1 = (Article) o1;
Article art2 = (Article) o2;
return art1.getArticleType().getName().compareTo(art2.getArticleType().getName());
}
public String toString() {
return name;
}
}