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For example: 106 107 <pre class="code"> <code>public int compareTo(Foo that) { 108 return ComparisonChain.start() 109 .compare(this.aString, that.aString) 110 .compare(this.anInt, that.anInt) 111 .compare(this.anEnum, that.anEnum, Ordering.nullsLast()) 112 .result(); 113 }</code></pre> 114 115 The value of this expression will have the same sign as the <i>first 116 nonzero</i> comparison result in the chain, or will be zero if every 117 comparison result was zero. 118 119 <p>Once any comparison returns a nonzero value, remaining comparisons are 120 "short-circuited". 121 <P> 122 123 <P> 124 <DL> 125 <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 126 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>tentative</b></DD> 127 <DT><B>Author:</B></DT> 128 <DD>Mark Davis, Kevin Bourrillion</DD> 129 </DL> 130 <HR> 131 132 <P> 133 134 <!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 135 136 <A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 137 <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 138 <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 139 <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 140 <B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 141 </TR> 142 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 143 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 144 <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 145 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(boolean, boolean)">compare</A></B>(boolean left, 146 boolean right)</CODE> 147 148 <BR> 149 Compares two <code>boolean</code> values as specified by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Booleans.html#compare(boolean, boolean)"><CODE>Booleans.compare(boolean, boolean)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not 150 already been determined.</TD> 151 </TR> 152 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 153 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 154 <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 155 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(java.lang.Comparable, java.lang.Comparable)">compare</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A><?> left, 156 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A><?> right)</CODE> 157 158 <BR> 159 Compares two comparable objects as specified by <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true#compareTo(T)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Comparable.compareTo(T)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain 160 has not already been determined.</TD> 161 </TR> 162 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 163 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 164 <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 165 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(double, double)">compare</A></B>(double left, 166 double right)</CODE> 167 168 <BR> 169 Compares two <code>double</code> values as specified by <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Double.html?is-external=true#compare(double, double)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Double.compare(double, double)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not 170 already been determined.</TD> 171 </TR> 172 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 173 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 174 <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 175 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(float, float)">compare</A></B>(float left, 176 float right)</CODE> 177 178 <BR> 179 Compares two <code>float</code> values as specified by <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Float.html?is-external=true#compare(float, float)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Float.compare(float, float)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not 180 already been determined.</TD> 181 </TR> 182 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 183 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 184 <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 185 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(int, int)">compare</A></B>(int left, 186 int right)</CODE> 187 188 <BR> 189 Compares two <code>int</code> values as specified by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Ints.html#compare(int, int)"><CODE>Ints.compare(int, int)</CODE></A>, 190 <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been 191 determined.</TD> 192 </TR> 193 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 194 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 195 <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 196 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(long, long)">compare</A></B>(long left, 197 long right)</CODE> 198 199 <BR> 200 Compares two <code>long</code> values as specified by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Longs.html#compare(long, long)"><CODE>Longs.compare(long, long)</CODE></A>, 201 <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been 202 determined.</TD> 203 </TR> 204 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 205 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 206 <CODE>abstract 207 <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 208 <TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 209 <TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 210 <CODE><T> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 211 </TR> 212 </TABLE> 213 </CODE></FONT></TD> 214 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#compare(T, T, java.util.Comparator)">compare</A></B>(T left, 215 T right, 216 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</A><T> comparator)</CODE> 217 218 <BR> 219 Compares two objects using a comparator, <i>if</i> the result of this 220 comparison chain has not already been determined.</TD> 221 </TR> 222 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 223 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 224 <CODE>abstract int</CODE></FONT></TD> 225 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#result()">result</A></B>()</CODE> 226 227 <BR> 228 Ends this comparison chain and returns its result: a value having the 229 same sign as the first nonzero comparison result in the chain, or zero if 230 every result was zero.</TD> 231 </TR> 232 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 233 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 234 <CODE>static <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 235 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html#start()">start</A></B>()</CODE> 236 237 <BR> 238 Begins a new chained comparison statement.</TD> 239 </TR> 240 </TABLE> 241 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 242 <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 243 <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 244 <TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> 245 </TR> 246 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 247 <TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A 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<DD>Begins a new chained comparison statement. See example in the class 269 documentation. 270 <P> 271 <DD><DL> 272 </DL> 273 </DD> 274 </DL> 275 <HR> 276 277 <A NAME="compare(java.lang.Comparable, java.lang.Comparable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 278 compare</H3> 279 <PRE> 280 public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A><?> left, 281 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Comparable</A><?> right)</PRE> 282 <DL> 283 <DD>Compares two comparable objects as specified by <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html?is-external=true#compareTo(T)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Comparable.compareTo(T)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain 284 has not already been determined. 285 <P> 286 <DD><DL> 287 </DL> 288 </DD> 289 </DL> 290 <HR> 291 292 <A NAME="compare(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object,java.util.Comparator)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="compare(T, T, java.util.Comparator)"><!-- --></A><H3> 293 compare</H3> 294 <PRE> 295 public abstract <T> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 296 T left, 297 <FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 298 T right, 299 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</A><T> comparator)</PRE> 300 <DL> 301 <DD>Compares two objects using a comparator, <i>if</i> the result of this 302 comparison chain has not already been determined. 303 <P> 304 <DD><DL> 305 </DL> 306 </DD> 307 </DL> 308 <HR> 309 310 <A NAME="compare(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3> 311 compare</H3> 312 <PRE> 313 public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(int left, 314 int right)</PRE> 315 <DL> 316 <DD>Compares two <code>int</code> values as specified by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Ints.html#compare(int, int)"><CODE>Ints.compare(int, int)</CODE></A>, 317 <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been 318 determined. 319 <P> 320 <DD><DL> 321 </DL> 322 </DD> 323 </DL> 324 <HR> 325 326 <A NAME="compare(long, long)"><!-- --></A><H3> 327 compare</H3> 328 <PRE> 329 public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(long left, 330 long right)</PRE> 331 <DL> 332 <DD>Compares two <code>long</code> values as specified by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Longs.html#compare(long, long)"><CODE>Longs.compare(long, long)</CODE></A>, 333 <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been 334 determined. 335 <P> 336 <DD><DL> 337 </DL> 338 </DD> 339 </DL> 340 <HR> 341 342 <A NAME="compare(float, float)"><!-- --></A><H3> 343 compare</H3> 344 <PRE> 345 public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(float left, 346 float right)</PRE> 347 <DL> 348 <DD>Compares two <code>float</code> values as specified by <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Float.html?is-external=true#compare(float, float)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Float.compare(float, float)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not 349 already been determined. 350 <P> 351 <DD><DL> 352 </DL> 353 </DD> 354 </DL> 355 <HR> 356 357 <A NAME="compare(double, double)"><!-- --></A><H3> 358 compare</H3> 359 <PRE> 360 public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(double left, 361 double right)</PRE> 362 <DL> 363 <DD>Compares two <code>double</code> values as specified by <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Double.html?is-external=true#compare(double, double)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Double.compare(double, double)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not 364 already been determined. 365 <P> 366 <DD><DL> 367 </DL> 368 </DD> 369 </DL> 370 <HR> 371 372 <A NAME="compare(boolean, boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3> 373 compare</H3> 374 <PRE> 375 public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ComparisonChain</A> <B>compare</B>(boolean left, 376 boolean right)</PRE> 377 <DL> 378 <DD>Compares two <code>boolean</code> values as specified by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Booleans.html#compare(boolean, boolean)"><CODE>Booleans.compare(boolean, boolean)</CODE></A>, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not 379 already been determined. 380 <P> 381 <DD><DL> 382 </DL> 383 </DD> 384 </DL> 385 <HR> 386 387 <A NAME="result()"><!-- --></A><H3> 388 result</H3> 389 <PRE> 390 public abstract int <B>result</B>()</PRE> 391 <DL> 392 <DD>Ends this comparison chain and returns its result: a value having the 393 same sign as the first nonzero comparison result in the chain, or zero if 394 every result was zero. 395 <P> 396 <DD><DL> 397 </DL> 398 </DD> 399 </DL> 400 <!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 401 <HR> 402 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