IterableComparator (moe.ios.core API)

java.lang.Object
- com.ibm.icu.impl.IterableComparator<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<Iterable<T>>
```
public class IterableComparator<T>
extends Object
implements Comparator<Iterable<T>>
```
TODO: Move to com.ibm.icu.dev.somewhere. 2015-sep-03: Not used in ICU but used in CLDR and in UnicodeTools.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`IterableComparator()`
`IterableComparator(Comparator<T> comparator)`
`IterableComparator(Comparator<T> comparator, boolean shorterFirst)`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compare(Iterable<T> a, Iterable<T> b)`	Compares the two specified objects to determine their relative ordering.
`static <T> int`	`compareIterables(Iterable<T> a, Iterable<T> b)`

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

- Constructor Detail
  - IterableComparator
```
public IterableComparator()
```
  - IterableComparator
```
public IterableComparator(Comparator<T> comparator)
```
  - IterableComparator
```
public IterableComparator(Comparator<T> comparator,
                          boolean shorterFirst)
```
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(Iterable<T> a,
                   Iterable<T> b)
```
    Description copied from interface: Comparator
    Compares the two specified objects to determine their relative ordering. The ordering implied by the return value of this method for all possible pairs of (lhs, rhs) should form an equivalence relation. This means that
    
    compare(a,a) returns zero for all a
    
    the sign of compare(a,b) must be the opposite of the sign of compare(b,a) for all pairs of (a,b)
    
    From compare(a,b) > 0 and compare(b,c) > 0 it must follow compare(a,c) > 0 for all possible combinations of (a,b,c)
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface Comparator<T>
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - an Object.
    
    b - a second Object to compare with lhs.
    
    Returns:
    
    an integer < 0 if lhs is less than rhs, 0 if they are equal, and > 0 if lhs is greater than rhs.
  - compareIterables
```
public static <T> int compareIterables(Iterable<T> a,
                                       Iterable<T> b)
```