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<DT>public abstract interface <B>Comparer</B></DL>
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This interface is the thing used by QSort to compare two objects.
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<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><A HREF="../../calypso/util/QSort.html"><CODE>QSort</CODE></A></DL>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../calypso/util/Comparer.html#compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">compare</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;a,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compare two objects for sorting.</TD>
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compare</H3>
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public int <B>compare</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;a,
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<DD>Compare two objects for sorting.
Should return negative if A < B, positive if A > B, else 0.</DL>
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