edu.stanford.rt.datatype
Class OrderedType

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.DataType
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        +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.SimpleType
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              +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.OrderedType

Direct Known Subclasses:

DecimalType, EnumType, IntegerType, StringType, TimeType

public abstract class OrderedType

extends SimpleType

Author:

Ninghui Li, Sandra Qiu
OrderedType is the super class of all totally ordered simple data types: IntegerType, DecimalType, EnumType, StringType, TimeType. It requires its subclasses to be able to compare for legal values

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.stanford.rt.datatype.DataType

Constructor Summary

(package private)

OrderedType(java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

(package private) abstract int

compares(DataValue value1, DataValue value2) Method compares.

Methods inherited from class edu.stanford.rt.datatype.SimpleType

isValidValue

Methods inherited from class edu.stanford.rt.datatype.DataType

getName, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OrderedType

OrderedType(java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

compares

abstract int compares(DataValue value1,
                      DataValue value2)

Method compares. Compares two DataValue objects.

Parameters:

value1 -

value2 -

Returns:

int