sun.security.util
Class ByteArrayLexOrder

java.lang.Object
  sun.security.util.ByteArrayLexOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

public class ByteArrayLexOrder
extends Object
implements Comparator

Compare two byte arrays in lexicographical order.

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayLexOrder()

Method Summary

int	compare(Object obj1, Object obj2) Perform lexicographical comparison of two byte arrays, regarding each byte as unsigned.

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

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayLexOrder

public ByteArrayLexOrder()

Method Detail

compare

public final int compare(Object obj1,
                         Object obj2)

Perform lexicographical comparison of two byte arrays, regarding each byte as unsigned. That is, compare array entries in order until they differ--the array with the smaller entry is "smaller". If array entries are equal till one array ends, then the longer array is "bigger".

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - first byte array to compare.

obj2 - second byte array to compare.

Returns:

negative number if obj1 < obj2, 0 if obj1 == obj2, positive number if obj1 > obj2.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if either argument is not a byte array.