Comparable

Object Hierarchy:

Gee.Comparable Gee.Comparable Gee.Comparable GLib.Object GLib.Object GLib.Object->Gee.Comparable

Description:


public interface Comparable<G> : Object

This interface defines a total ordering among instances of each class implementing it.

In other words:

  • It's irreflexive: For all `a` it holds that `a.compare_to(a) == 0`
  • It's transitive: For all `a`, `b` and `c` if `a.compare_to(b) < 0` and

    `b.compare_to(c) < 0` then `a.compare_to(c) < 0`.

  • It's trichotomous: For all `a` and `b` it holds that

    `a.compare_to(b) = -b.compare_to(a)`.

Note:

The relationship must be immutable. In other words if at one point of program `a.compare_to(b)` had certain value then call `a.compare_to(b)` must always return the original value until end of `a` and `b` lifetime.

See also:

Hashable


Namespace: Gee
Package: gee-0.8

Content:

Methods:

  • public abstract int compare_to (G object)
    Compares this object with the specified object.

Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object