CS2 and Java's comparator interface

Authors:
Robert McCloskey;John Beidler;Yaodong Bi
Affiliations:
Department of Computing Sciences, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA;Department of Computing Sciences, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA;Department of Computing Sciences, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This paper discusses the distinct roles of Java's Comparable and Comparator interfaces for addressing natural orderings and application-specific orderings, respectively. We illustrate the Comparator interface as a tool for software reuse with examples of multi-key and indirect orderings.