jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/hat/internal/util/Comparer.java

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package com.sun.tools.hat.internal.util;

/**
 * Base class for comparison of two objects.
 * @see VectorSorter
 *
 * @author      Bill Foote
 */

abstract public class Comparer {

    /**
     * @return a number <, == or > 0 depending on lhs compared to rhs
     * @see java.lang.String.compareTo
    **/
    abstract public int compare(Object lhs, Object rhs);
}