Package io.permazen.util

Interface NaturalSortAware

All Known Subinterfaces:
Encoding<T>
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractEncoding, ArrayEncoding, Base64ArrayEncoding, BigDecimalEncoding, BigIntegerEncoding, BitSetEncoding, BooleanArrayEncoding, BooleanEncoding, ByteArrayEncoding, ByteEncoding, CharacterArrayEncoding, CharacterEncoding, ConvertedEncoding, DateEncoding, DoubleArrayEncoding, DoubleEncoding, DurationEncoding, EnumValueEncoding, FileEncoding, FloatArrayEncoding, FloatEncoding, Inet4AddressEncoding, Inet6AddressEncoding, InetAddressEncoding, InstantEncoding, IntegerArrayEncoding, IntegerEncoding, IntegralArrayEncoding, IntegralEncoding, InternetAddressEncoding, LocalDateEncoding, LocalDateTimeEncoding, LocalTimeEncoding, LongArrayEncoding, LongEncoding, MonthDayEncoding, NullSafeEncoding, NumberEncoding, ObjectArrayEncoding, ObjIdEncoding, OffsetDateTimeEncoding, OffsetTimeEncoding, PatternEncoding, PeriodEncoding, PrimitiveEncoding, PrimitiveWrapperEncoding, ReferenceEncoding, ShortArrayEncoding, ShortEncoding, StringConvertedEncoding, StringEncoding, Tuple2Encoding, Tuple3Encoding, Tuple4Encoding, Tuple5Encoding, TupleEncoding, UnsignedIntEncoding, URIEncoding, UUIDEncoding, VoidEncoding, YearEncoding, YearMonthEncoding, ZonedDateTimeEncoding, ZoneIdEncoding, ZoneOffsetEncoding
public interface NaturalSortAware
Implemented by Comparator classes that know whether or not their ordering is idential to natural ordering.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    sortsNaturally()
    Determine if this instance sorts Java instances naturally.

  • Method Details

    • sortsNaturally

      boolean sortsNaturally()
      Determine if this instance sorts Java instances naturally.

      This method should return true only if all of the following are true:

      • This class also implements Comparator for some Java type T.
      • Type T has a natural ordering (i.e., T itself implements Comparable).
      • The ordering implied by this class's compare() method is identical to T's natural ordering.
      Returns:
      true if this instance orders Java values in their natural order