cern.gp.nodes.children

Interface ChildrenManager

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChildrenListManager, ChildrenMapManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultChildrenListManager, DefaultChildrenMapManager, RecursiveChildrenListManager

public interface ChildrenManager

A class implementing this interface is able to manage a collection of nodes that can be sorted or not depending of the given Comparator.

Author:

Lionel Mestre

See Also:

BeanComparatorAdapter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Comparator	getComparator() Returns a comparator that can be used to sort the collection of nodes managed by this class.

Method Detail

getComparator

java.util.Comparator getComparator()

Returns a comparator that can be used to sort the collection of nodes managed by this class. null can be returned to specify that the collection should not be sorted. If a comparator is returned it should be able to compare two nodes belonging to the children managed by this manager. An adapter can be used to deal with the bean associated to the node instead of the nodes itself.

Returns:

a comparator for the node or null

See Also:

BeanComparatorAdapter