com.iplanet.security.util

Class ByteArrayTagOrder

java.lang.Object

com.iplanet.security.util.ByteArrayTagOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

public class ByteArrayTagOrder
extends Object
implements Comparator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ByteArrayTagOrder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(Object obj1, Object obj2) Compare two byte arrays, by the order of their tags, as defined in ITU-T X.680, sec.

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

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayTagOrder

public ByteArrayTagOrder()

Method Detail

compare

public final int compare(Object obj1,
                         Object obj2)

Compare two byte arrays, by the order of their tags, as defined in ITU-T X.680, sec. 6.4. (First compare tag classes, then tag numbers, ignoring the constructivity bit.)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - first byte array to compare.

obj2 - second byte array to compare.

Returns:

negative number if obj1 < obj2, 0 if obj1 == obj2, positive number if obj1 > obj2.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if either argument is not a byte array.