gov.nih.nlm.nls.tc.Sti
Class SemanticTypeComparator<T>

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.nls.tc.Sti.SemanticTypeComparator<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<T>

public class SemanticTypeComparator<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<T>

This class provides methods to compare Semantic Type.

History:

Version:

V-2011

Author:

NLM Lexical Systems Group

Field Summary

static int	BY_ABBR
static int	BY_NAME
static int	BY_TUI

Constructor Summary

SemanticTypeComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(T o1, T o2) This method compares two ST objects by the specified compare flag.
void	SetCompareFlag(int flag) Set the comparing flag
void	SetVerbose(boolean verbose) Set verbose flag for reading in ST file

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

Field Detail

BY_TUI

public static final int BY_TUI

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Constant Field Values

BY_ABBR

public static final int BY_ABBR

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Constant Field Values

BY_NAME

public static final int BY_NAME

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SemanticTypeComparator

public SemanticTypeComparator()

Method Detail

SetVerbose

public void SetVerbose(boolean verbose)

Set verbose flag for reading in ST file

Parameters:

verbose - verbose flag for reading in ST file

SetCompareFlag

public void SetCompareFlag(int flag)

Set the comparing flag

Parameters:

flag - comparing flag: BY_ID|BY_ABBR|BY_NAME

compare

public int compare(T o1,
                   T o2)

This method compares two ST objects by the specified compare flag.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<T>

Parameters:

o1 - the first ST object to be compared

o2 - the second ST object to be compared

Returns:

a negative interger, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.