DefaultComparator

java.lang.Object
- com.jidesoft.comparator.DefaultComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object>
```
public class DefaultComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object>
```
Badly named, this class compares objects by first converting them to Strings using the toString method.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected DefaultComparator()
Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)`	Compares two Objects using the `toString()` method as the value of each object to compare.
`static DefaultComparator`	`getInstance()`	Returns `ObjectComparator` singleton.

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
equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - DefaultComparator
```
protected DefaultComparator()
```
    Constructor.
    Has protected access to prevent other clients creating instances of the class ... it is stateless so we need only one instance.
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static DefaultComparator getInstance()
```
    Returns ObjectComparator singleton.
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of DefaultComparator.
  - compare
```
public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)
```
    Compares two Objects using the toString() method as the value of each object to compare.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Object>
    
    Parameters:
    
    o1 - the first object to be compared
    
    o2 - the second object to be compared
    
    Returns:
    
    0 if a and b are equal, less than 0 if a < b, grater than 0 if a > b.