com.helger.commons.compare

Interface IComparable<DATATYPE>

Type Parameters:

DATATYPE - The data type to be compared

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<DATATYPE>, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IMutableInteger<IMPLTYPE>, IMutableNumeric<IMPLTYPE>, IMutableObject<IMPLTYPE>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMutableInteger, AbstractMutableNumeric, Codepoint, MimeType, MutableBigDecimal, MutableBigInteger, MutableBoolean, MutableByte, MutableChar, MutableDouble, MutableFloat, MutableInt, MutableLong, MutableShort, ObjectType, Version, VersionRange

public interface IComparable<DATATYPE>
extends Comparable<DATATYPE>, Serializable

A special interface extension to the Comparable interface that makes objects serializable and adds some default comparison methods.

Since:

8.6.3

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default boolean	isEQ(DATATYPE aOther)
default boolean	isEqualTo(DATATYPE aOther) Deprecated. Use isEQ(Object) instead
default boolean	isGE(DATATYPE aOther)
default boolean	isGreaterOrEqualThan(DATATYPE aOther) Deprecated. Use isGE(Object) instead
default boolean	isGreaterThan(DATATYPE aOther) Deprecated. Use isGT(Object) instead
default boolean	isGT(DATATYPE aOther)
default boolean	isLE(DATATYPE aOther)
default boolean	isLowerOrEqualThan(DATATYPE aOther) Deprecated. Use isLE(Object) instead
default boolean	isLowerThan(DATATYPE aOther) Deprecated. Use isLT(Object) instead
default boolean	isLT(DATATYPE aOther)
default boolean	isNE(DATATYPE aOther)

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

isGreaterThan

@Deprecated
default boolean isGreaterThan(@Nonnull
                                           DATATYPE aOther)

Deprecated. Use isGT(Object) instead

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is greater than the provided values, false if not.

isGT

default boolean isGT(@Nonnull
                     DATATYPE aOther)

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is greater than the provided values, false if not.

Since:

8.6.5

isGreaterOrEqualThan

@Deprecated
default boolean isGreaterOrEqualThan(@Nonnull
                                                  DATATYPE aOther)

Deprecated. Use isGE(Object) instead

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is greater or equal than the provided values, false if not.

isGE

default boolean isGE(@Nonnull
                     DATATYPE aOther)

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is greater or equal than the provided values, false if not.

Since:

8.6.5

isLowerThan

@Deprecated
default boolean isLowerThan(@Nonnull
                                         DATATYPE aOther)

Deprecated. Use isLT(Object) instead

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is lower than the provided values, false if not.

isLT

default boolean isLT(@Nonnull
                     DATATYPE aOther)

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is lower than the provided values, false if not.

Since:

8.6.5

isLowerOrEqualThan

@Deprecated
default boolean isLowerOrEqualThan(@Nonnull
                                                DATATYPE aOther)

Deprecated. Use isLE(Object) instead

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is lower or equal than the provided values, false if not.

isLE

default boolean isLE(@Nonnull
                     DATATYPE aOther)

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if this value is lower or equal than the provided values, false if not.

Since:

8.6.5

isEqualTo

@Deprecated
default boolean isEqualTo(@Nonnull
                                       DATATYPE aOther)

Deprecated. Use isEQ(Object) instead

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if the values are equal, false otherwise.

isEQ

default boolean isEQ(@Nonnull
                     DATATYPE aOther)

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if the values are equal, false otherwise.

Since:

8.6.5

isNE

default boolean isNE(@Nonnull
                     DATATYPE aOther)

Parameters:

aOther - value to compare to

Returns:

true if the values are not equal, false otherwise.

Since:

8.6.5