net.sf.eBus.config

Class InetAddressComparator

java.lang.Object

net.sf.eBus.config.InetAddressComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<InetAddress>

public class InetAddressComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<InetAddress>, Serializable

Compares two InetAddress addresses using the address bytes.

Author:

Charles Rapp

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InetAddressComparator() Creates a new instance of InetAddressComparator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(InetAddress a1, InetAddress a2) Returns an integer <, equal to or > zero if a1 is <, equal to or > a2.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

InetAddressComparator

public InetAddressComparator()

Creates a new instance of InetAddressComparator.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(InetAddress a1,
                   InetAddress a2)

Returns an integer <, equal to or > zero if a1 is <, equal to or > a2. The comparison is based on the raw IP address octets. If a1 has fewer bytes or more bytes than a2, then a negative or positve integer is returned, respectively. Otherwise, the IP address octets are compared until the first non-zero result is found.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<InetAddress>

Parameters:

a1 - First compared address.

a2 - Second compared address.

Returns:

an integer <, equal to or > zero if a1 is <, equal to or > a2.