gate.util

Class AnnotationDiffer.PairingScoreComparator

java.lang.Object

gate.util.AnnotationDiffer.PairingScoreComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<AnnotationDiffer.Pairing>

Enclosing class:

AnnotationDiffer

protected static class AnnotationDiffer.PairingScoreComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<AnnotationDiffer.Pairing>, Serializable

Compares two pairings: the better score is preferred; for the same score the better type is preferred (exact matches are preffered to partial ones).

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	PairingScoreComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(AnnotationDiffer.Pairing first, AnnotationDiffer.Pairing second) Compares two choices: the better score is preferred; for the same score the better type is preferred (exact matches are preffered to partial ones).

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

PairingScoreComparator

protected PairingScoreComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(AnnotationDiffer.Pairing first,
                   AnnotationDiffer.Pairing second)

Compares two choices: the better score is preferred; for the same score the better type is preferred (exact matches are preffered to partial ones).

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<AnnotationDiffer.Pairing>

Returns:

a positive value if the first pairing is better than the second, zero if they score the same or negative otherwise.