source: branches/MetisMQI/src/main/java/weka/classifiers/EnsembleLibraryModelComparator.java

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/*
 *    EnsembleLibraryModelComparator.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2006 Robert Jung
 *
 */

package weka.classifiers;

import weka.core.RevisionHandler;
import weka.core.RevisionUtils;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * This class is a Comparator for the LibraryModel class. It basically ranks
 * them alphabetically based on their String Representations
 *
 * @author  Robert Jung (mrbobjung@gmail.com)
 * @version $Revision: 6041 $
 */
public final class EnsembleLibraryModelComparator
  implements Comparator, Serializable, RevisionHandler {

  /** for serialization */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -6522464740036141188L;

  /**
   * Compares its two arguments for order.
   *
   * @param o1          first object
   * @param o2          second object
   * @return            a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
   *                    first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than
   *                    the second.
   */
  public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {

    int comparison = 0;

    if (o1 instanceof EnsembleLibraryModel
        && o2 instanceof EnsembleLibraryModel) {

      comparison = ((String) ((EnsembleLibraryModel) o1)
          .getStringRepresentation())
        .compareTo(((String) ((EnsembleLibraryModel) o2)
              .getStringRepresentation()));

    }

    return comparison;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the revision string.
   *
   * @return            the revision
   */
  public String getRevision() {
    return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 6041 $");
  }
}