org.specrunner.comparators

Interface IComparator

All Superinterfaces:

Comparator<Object>, IResetable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractComparatorTime, ComparatorClob, ComparatorClobNormalized, ComparatorClobTrim, ComparatorDate, ComparatorDefault, ComparatorJodatime, ComparatorMd5, ComparatorNode, ComparatorString, ComparatorStringNormalized, ComparatorStringTrim, ComparatorTime, ComparatorTimestamp, ComparatorTrue

public interface IComparator
extends IResetable, Comparator<Object>

Compare tow objects.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	getType() The comparator reference type.
boolean	match(Object expected, Object received) Says if two objects can be considered equals.

Methods inherited from interface org.specrunner.util.reset.IResetable

initialize

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals

Method Detail

getType

Class<?> getType()

The comparator reference type.

Returns:

The comparator target.

match

boolean match(Object expected,
            Object received)
              throws ComparatorException

Says if two objects can be considered equals.

Parameters:

expected - The expected value.

received - The received value.

Returns:

true, if they are equal, false, otherwise.

Throws:

ComparatorException - On comparison errors.