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# Interface collections.Comparator

public interface interface Comparator
extends Serializable

Comparator is an interface for any class possessing an element comparison method.

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compare(Object, Object)
  Compare two Objects with respect to ordering.

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compare

     public abstract int compare(Object fst,
                                 Object snd)

  Compare two Objects with respect to ordering. Typical implementations first cast their arguments to particular types in order to perform comparison

  Parameters:
    fst - first argument
    snd - second argument
  Returns:
    a negative number if fst is less than snd; a positive number if fst is greater than snd; else 0

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