netscape.ldap
Interface LDAPEntryComparator
- LDAPCompareAttrNames
public interface LDAPEntryComparator
The
LDAPEntryComparator
interface represents the
algorithm used to sort the search results. This interface specifies
one method,
isGreater
, which compares two entries and
determines the order in which the two entries should be sorted.
The
netscape.ldap
package includes a class that
implements this interface. The
LDAPCompareAttrNames
class represents a comparator that sorts the two entries alphabetically,
based on the value of one or more attributes.
When calling the
sort
method of the
LDAPSearchResults
class, you need to specify
a class that implements the
LDAPEntryComparator
interface.
isGreater
public boolean isGreater(LDAPEntry greater,
LDAPEntry less)
Specifies the algorithm used to
compare entries when sorting search results.
isGreater
returns
true
if the entry specified in the first argument should
be sorted before the entry specified in the second
argument.